Remorseful man spared jail after conviction for assault

A man’s remorse was enough on Friday to spare him a jail sentence after he was found guilty of assault.

Jamal Simon does still, however, face up to three months in jail if he fails to pay a fine of $50,000 that was imposed on him by Magistrate Annette Singh in a Georgetown court. Simon, 22, was charged with assaulting Andre Harding.

Magistrate Singh told him that she disbelieved his story that Harding attacked him and she pointed out that during