Abdool Ishack, 39, of 135 Cumberland Village, East Canje, who inflicted several cuffs on his wife because she had rebuked him for molesting a young woman, was fined $70,000 at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday with an alternative of ten months imprisonment.
The sentence was imposed by newly-appointed Magi-strate Adela Nagamootoo after the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm to Sanmattie Baichoo.
Ishack, who initially thought he was fined just $7,000, was shocked and stood expressionless in the courtroom after the court orderly informed him of the sum.
He then pleaded for forgiveness and expressed regret over the incident and promised that there would not be a recurrence.
Police Lance Corporal Roberto Figueira, prosecuting, informed the court that the incident occurred last Sunday during a wedding reception at Palmyra Village.
The couple were guests at the ceremony when an argument began after the husband was seen molesting a young woman.
As a result, he dealt his wife of twenty years several cuffs about her body.
However, on returning home and awakening from bed the following morning, the dispute erupted and again he rained more blows about her body.
A report was made at the Central Police Station and a medical certificate was obtained at the New Amsterdam Hospital, prior to the charges being laid.
