A woman was yesterday brought to a city court to answer an assault charge that she cuffed her common law partner after an argument over the attendance of their child at school got heated.
The unrepresented Melissa Alridge, who denied the allegations, told the court she was only retaliating after being assaulted by the complainant, Ryan Griffith.
Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry subsequently released the woman on her