Guyanese in BVI gets 8 years for hammering wife

Vernon Paddy

Vernon Paddy, the Guyanese man who had pleaded guilty to a vicious attack on his wife with a 14-inch hammer in May of last year, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Justice Indra Hariprashad-Charles in a British Virgin Island (BVI) court.

According to the BVI Platinum News, Paddy, 47, was imprisoned for the offence of causing grievous bodily harm. Additionally,