A man was warned on Wednesday by Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry that should he hit his wife again he would go to jail for a long time but on this occasion he was fined $5,000 or three months in prison for unlawfully assaulting her.

Franklyn Hamilton pleaded guilty with explanation at the Providence Magistrate’s Court to unlawfully assaulting his wife Seeta Seepersaud so as to cause her actual bodily harm on Tuesday.

According to Police Prosecutor Harvey, on the day in question Seepersaud was at her mother’s home and the accused went there to ask his wife out.

However, she refused and he became annoyed and committed the act.