Guyanese man admits to hammering wife in BVI

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 represented by Patrick Thompson.

Vernon Paddy (BVI Platinum News photo)
Vernon Paddy (BVI Platinum News photo)

During his arraignment in the Magistrate’s Court last year, the court heard that on May 25, 2010 around 10:15 pm, Inspector Jones telephoned the Road Town Police Station saying that he had detained Paddy at his (Jones) home for beating his wife with a hammer.

Platinum News said that around 10:23 pm when officers arrived on the scene, they saw Paddy sitting on a rock and when the investigating officer told the man about the report he said, “Fraser (officer), you know what is frustration?”

When officers met Mrs. Paddy inside the couple´s apartment, she was wearing  white tights and a green towel covering her lower body with what appeared to be blood running down her face, leg and right hand. The report said that she was crying at the time and stated that she was in pain. The officer also noticed that the woman´s right leg and jaw were swollen.

Mrs. Paddy in relating her story, told the officer that she and her husband had an argument because of a phone call she received earlier that night.

According to the woman, he then left the bedroom and returned with his right hand behind his back. He then approached her and started to hit her all over her body and face with a hammer, the repot said.

“The screaming woman then managed to escape through the back door. This was when Inspector Jones came to her rescue”, Platinum News reported.

Officers saw a pool of blood at the stairway and door. Police officers also found a 14-inch hammer on the ground, the report added.