Vernon Paddy, the 47-year-old Guyanese man who had pleaded guilty to a vicious attack on his wife with a 14-inch hammer in May of last year, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Justice Indra Hariprashad-Charles in a British Virgin Island (BVI) court.
According to the BVI Platinum News, Paddy was imprisoned for the offence of causing grievous bodily harm. Additionally, he was ordered to compensate the complainant US$5161 and failure to compensate the complainant within six months