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Wife beater gets three months jail
Harry Jagnarine, 59, of Overwinning Village, East Bank Berbice, was on Friday fined $20,000 with an alternative of three months in jail by Magistrate Roby Benn. He did not have the money so he went to jail.
The man appeared before the Magistrate at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court and pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife Ramkumarie on June 9, last, at their home.
Prosecutor Sergeant Phillip Sheriff told the court that Jagnarine became annoyed that his food was not finished cooking when he ventured home and dealt the woman several slaps. The matter was reported and the accused was arrested and charged.
In court he pleaded guilty and in his plea of mitigation begged for leniency. He told the court, “Me only beat she me na do she nothing.”
He was unable to pay the fine and was sent to jail.
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