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Woman fined after assaulting friend over rumours

Mar 26, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry ordered a twenty three-year-old woman to pay a fine of $25,000, or spend two weeks in prison after she pleaded guilty to assaulting her friend.
Akezi Thompson, who was unrepresented by an Attorney, admitted that she assaulted Joanne Van Sertima on Regent Street, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.
Thompson explained to the packed court room that she and Van Sertima had been having a feud for some time. She said that the woman has been spreading rumours about her and she became annoyed about the situation. She further added, that she approached the woman on the day of the incident and cuffed her, which led to the woman cuffing her back.
Corporal Bharat Mangru told the court that the two parties are friends. He said on the day in question at around 18:00hrs, the defendant accused the victim of talking her name. An argument ensued and the defendant dealt the woman several cuffs about her body. As a result the woman received injuries, the matter was reported and the defendant was arrested and charged.
Police corporal Bharat Mangru prosecuted the matter and he provided the court with a medical certificate highlighting the victim’s injuries.

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