Man Behind Bars For Assaulting Partner

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to four years imprisonment for assaulting his partner.

High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar said it was the court’s duty to denounce family violence and send a clear and strong message that violence resulting in serious injuries to a partner or spouse would be severely punished.

In this case, the victim and the offender were in an intimate relationship for about a year. She lived with him in his flat in Nabua.

A week before the incident, the victim moved back to her mother’s home in Makoi after a dispute with the offender.

On January 5, 2020, the offender persuaded the victim to accompany him to his flat in Nabua after a meeting at a supermarket in Makoi. When she arrived at his flat, he confronted her about an affair with another man.

When she denied the affair, the offender punched, kicked her and bit both her ears. Her left earlobe was severed.

The offender then took a timber plank and hit her until the plank broke.

The court noted that the offender already served two years and two months in custody on remand in this case.

Justice Goundar declined to fix a non-parole period.

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