A man is now serving a three month-sentence behind bars after he told a Georgetown Magistrate that he was too drunk to remember beating his spouse in the washroom of a nightclub.
Andrew Dazell was before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, when he admitted that he could not remember beating the mother of his children because he was drunk. This was after she read him a charge that stated that on December 2nd, at the Dynasty Nightclub, he unlawfully assaulted his wife.
He pleaded guilty to the charge but afterwards explained to the court that he could not recall hitting the woman. He went on to say that she was the one who informed him that he kicked her while she was alone in the washroom of the club.
The woman was present in court and she informed the magistrate that on the night of the assault, she was out with friends at the club when Dazell showed up and approached her while she was in the washroom. She said she saw him by the door of the washroom waiting for her and he had a bottle in his hand, which scared her. As a result, she rushed back into the washroom but he rushed in behind her. The court heard that Dazell kicked her several times and that she was eventually saved by persons entering the washroom as her screams had not been heard over the noise at the club.
After the woman was done explaining the assault, she told the court that it was not the first time he had drank so much that he hit her and could not remember the next day. The court heard that she made a report once before when he had hit her but that she never pursues legal action.
The magistrate asked Dazell whether he knew of his behaviour when he drinks and he said only from what his wife has told him. With this information, the magistrate sentenced him to three months in prison and told him that he would also have to receive counselling for his abusive drinking. The man’s wife also asked that he leaves the home when he is released from prison.
