Previously charged with chopping his partner about her body and face, Dexter Stewart, 44, yesterday appeared in a city court to answer a new charge that he assaulted the woman.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, Stewart said he wanted to “clear his name” of the accusation that he assaulted Desiree Gillian to cause her actual bodily harm on June 19.
After reading the charge, the magistrate inquired whether the complainant was aware that she