Six weeks for assault, threatening language against reputed wife

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday sentenced Wayne Layne to six weeks imprisonment when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer charges of common assault and threatening language committed against his reputed wife.

The accused pleaded not guilty to common assault but guilty to the threatening language charge while offering an explanation.

It is alleged that on March 30 at Howes Street, Charlestown, the