Man jailed after admitting to assault of co-worker

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton ordered a man to serve six months in jail and pay a fine after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his co-worker and threatening to kill her, when the matter was heard in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Gregory Forde accepted that on July 29 at Georgetown, he unlawfully assaulted Madonna Narine so as to cause her actual bodily harm. He also admitted that on the same day he threatened to kill Narine when the charge of using threatening language resulting in a breach of the peace was read to him. In addition, Narine,