Guyanese man admits to hammering wife in BVI

Vernon Paddy (BVI Platinum News photo)

A Guyanese man accused of assaulting his wife with a hammer in May of last year in the British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty to the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

BVI Platinum News said that Vernon Paddy after pleading to the charge was further remanded by the High Court yesterday to prison. The Judge set February 21 as the date for mitigation and sentencing. Paddy is