Two months jail for slapping partner

Andre Hardy

Andre Hardy will be spending the next two months in jail after he slapped his partner, who told him to do what he wanted after he reprimanded her for emptying his bank account.

Hardy, 35, of A and B Princes Street, Lodge, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1 and pleaded not guilty to a charge that he assaulted Jenny Henry on March 31. After the matter was transferred to the court of Magistrate Annette Singh, he opted to change his plea to guilty.

Prosecutor Adduni Inniss told the court that Hardy was in the habit of abusing his partner and on the day in question he choked her, punched her