Man on bail after denying slapping wife

A man found himself in a city court yesterday after his wife accused him of slapping her.

Prosecutor Michael Grant said there was a misunderstanding between Vincent Howard and Lavern Howard at their 250, Independence Boulevard home, during which she ended up on the receiving end of a drunken slap.

The man pleaded not guilty and his lawyer, Paul Fung-A-Fat, asked Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to consider, in granting bail, the