-even though complainant falls on knees and begs for him
At the Springlands Court yesterday, Magistrate Krishndat Persaud sentenced a labourer to six months imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife even as the woman begged for him to be spared.
The court heard that on July 5 Rajendra Rajpaul, 28, of Queenstown, Corriverton unlawfully wounded Pamela Lachana, 31, and caused her actual bodily harm.
Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Michael Grant informed the court that Rajpaul and Lachana were consuming alcohol when an argument ensued between them. He said the man dealt the woman “several cuffs, kicks and lashes about her body, causing her to head to burst and her eyes to get black.”
The prosecutor said too that Rajpaul was always in the habit of beating his wife. He said too that the woman had made several reports to the police in the past and each time she went back and begged for him.
After the sentence was passed, Lachana in turn went down on her knees and begged the magistrate not to lock him up. Magistrate Persaud then asked her if she likes to be beaten and chided Rajpaul for his behaviour.
Asked what he had to say, Rajpaul told the magistrate he was sorry for beating up the woman but “me bin drunk and she get me vex.”
Meanwhile, an unemployed man, Leon Nazir of Rampoor, Corriverton pleaded not guilty to assaulting his wife, aged 32 and his 14-year-old stepdaughter on July 7. He is expected to return to court today.
Grant told the magistrate that Nazir went home at around 5 pm and a problem over money escalated. He said the man then started to beat the woman and her daughter.
They then reported the matter to the police and the man was subsequently arrested.
He pleaded not guilty and the matter would be heard again today
Well done Mr Magistrate,, send this other one (Leon Nazir) if guilty to jail as well…
This type of behavior is INATE to the GUYANA culture. I left Guyana 46 years ago and I distinctly remember seeing this type of abuse all ove the country. It’s time for it to stop….
These bastards minds are still trapped in the past , when men were the only bread winner and thought that they have the right to apply capital punishment because it’s their money that supports the home . Well gone are those days but when u’re a slave to ignorance , it takes a lot of work to free u .
Jail their behind until they get old and can hardly walk.
I guess she is afraid that it will be more blows for her when he gets out!
IS THAT ALL HE GET???
LOOK OUT LADY—
RUN FUH YUH LIFE WHEN HE GET OUT…..
I KNOW WHAT A SAYING…..
HE DONE TELL HESELF HE KNOW HIS CELL NUMBER AND HE ENT GAT NOTHING TO LOOSE SO HE MIGHT AS WELL FINISH DE JOB……
RUN FUH YUH LIFE LADY COZ HE SOON COMING AT YUH…..
YALL REMEMBER THIS CHAP NAME OK….
It is about time that men who harm women are sent to jail despite the fact that the women begged for mercy.
What did the Sparrow song suggested: Black up their eyes, bruise up their knees, then they will love you eternally?
I guess these guys still believe in the Mighty Sparrow and got the typee bad.
This is the action the court need to be taking…..if you lay a finger on any woman in Guyana rich or poor the book will be trown at you.
The respect for women in Guyana is long ove due…..please give the a little longer time and while in prison the must learn to read and rite. Let them come back out educated don’t allow them to return uneducated because this time they will kill.
They were both probably drinking hard from a young age – and that must have killed a lot of their brain cells!
I don’t think either of them know any better – both the man and woman think that such behaviour is normal – he just said sorry so that the magistrate would be more lenient – she just begged for him because she doesn’t want her supply of alcohol to stop!
I wish I had a solution to this problem, but I think that even Einstein would be puzzled over this one!
…ah kyan believe dis one nazir en wukin nowhere ,, and supposedly beatin up on wife an 14 year old “step daughter” ! ur honor i like to defend this nazir ,, an in his defence ,, i say let de wife leave him as fuh beatin de “step daughter” i seh he guilty ,, and yuh should sentence him to till crapaud get beard an release him fuss day crapaud start shave !
de defence ress ur hanor ! caz furder i say nat !