Taxi driver who hit wife in the face jailed for 7 days

A man who dealt a blow to his reputed wife’s face—causing her to fall into a window which broke and injured her—while rowing about her cooking was yesterday imprisoned for seven days.

Carlton Macey, 38, accepted that on July 3 at Georgetown, he unlawfully assaulted Jennifer Mahadeo so as to cause her actual bodily harm.

When given a chance to speak, the taxi driver, who is a father of four, said he was very sorry for what he had done and asked Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry before whom he appeared if it was possible for him to be placed on a two-year bond for the