East Canje man jailed for assaulting, threatening sister

A Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice man was sentenced to two months imprisonment yesterday after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and threatening his sister.

Christopher Hemraj, 19, of Cobourg Dam, Cumberland, East Canje admitted to the acts when he appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Hemraj lives with his older sister Christine Hemraj, 23, whom he