A man who hit the mother of his child in the head with an icicle yesterday apologised to her moments before being fined at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Vishal Persaud, who pleaded guilty to two charges, apologised to the mother of his child after a court heard that he went to her workplace and threatened to kill her before he hit her in the head with an icicle.
The first charge against him stated that on January 5th, 2020, at Georgetown, he assaulted a woman. The second alleged that on the same day and at the same location, he used threatening behaviour toward her.
After the man pleaded guilty to the charges, the woman told the court that she is the mother of the man’s son and that they are in a relationship. She related that on the day in question, she was packing shelves at the supermarket where she works when Persaud entered the supermarket and approached her. She said he started threatening her and even told her he would kill her. She said that afterwards he went to purchase an icicle which he returned with and hit her on the head with it.
After she was finished explaining what had transpired, Persaud told the court that he was sorry for what happened and said he would like to apologise to her. He then went on his knees and apologised to the woman. She accepted the apology but told the court that she would still be going ahead with the matter.
He was then fined $10,000 each for both charges and told that an alternative of 14 days in prison would have to be served if he does not pay the fine.
