Court orders ‘abusive’ woman to keep the peace or face jail

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday put a woman, who admitted to verbally abusing an ex-partner, on a bond to keep the peace for a year, failing which she will be jailed for two weeks.

Minerva McGarrel, 35, admitted that on Tuesday, she made use of abusive language to a “Corporal Frazer,” whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned.

McGarrel, who asked to explain what happened, said that she