Pomeroon farmer beat wife with cutlass – court told

A farmer of Grant Opposition, Pomeroon River was on Monday granted bail when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court charged over beating his wife with a cutlass.

It is the prosecution’s case that on November 4 at his home, Sooknand Rampersaud assaulted his wife Jennifer Bhagwandeen. Rampersaud pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm.

According to the facts, at around 1 pm,