Two husbands treated differently in domestic abuse cases - one placed on $20,000 bail for calling his wife a ‘cross’ |
Written by Jenel Rockcliffe |
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:12 |
TWO separate domestic abuse cases were called before Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday and the husbands were treated differently. In one, Lindal Mc Almont, 49, was charged with calling his wife derogatory names. It was alleged that, on June 4, the defendant, who resides at Kwakwani, Berbice River, called his wife, Maria Mc Almont, an ‘ass and a cross’ but he pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mc Almont was put on $20,000 bail and the case was transferred to another Court for July 12. Prosecutor Hunt said the defendant, 53, is in the habit of consuming alcohol and, at 08:00 hrs that day, he began abusing his wife because he could not find his rum. sorry. |