A man was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he was found guilty of wounding his sister, whom he burnt with a pot of boiling rice and then beat her with it.
Daniel Younge, 28, of East La Penitence was found guilty by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the conclusion of his trial at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1.
He had been charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Natasha Younge on March 10th, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.
The police’s case was that the siblings had a misunderstanding over food, after which Daniel threatened Natasha before leaving. He later returned to their East La Penitence home, where he found his sister cooking rice.
Police say Daniel took the pot of boiling rice and threw it on his sister and then proceeded to beat her with the pot. She was subsequently picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital with third degree burns about her body.
Daniel Younge’s attorney yesterday pleaded with the court to be lenient and impose the minimum sentence. The attorney also requested a probation report but this was denied.
The magistrate, after taking into consideration all the factors, including the seriousness of the offence, the hospitalisation of the victim, who suffered burns to her body including her face, chest and back and who now requires plastic surgery, sentenced the man to three years in jail.
