A Woodland man who beat his wife with a cutlass during an argument at their home will spend the next five days in prison awaiting sentence.
Wahid Hosein, 45, pleaded guilty to maliciously wounding his common-law wife Nadia Kissoon, but his sentence was deferred pending a probation officer’s report.
Kissoon who was in the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Thursday had bandages on two fingers on her left hand.
Prosecutor Ramdath Phillip said on September 28 around 11 pm, Kissoon was at her Mungal Trace, La Fortune Road home when her husband picked up a cutlass and planassed his wife with it, causing her to suffer welts as well as cuts on her index and middle fingers on her left hand. She reported the incident to PC Mohess at the San Fernando Police Station and then sought treatment at the nearby hospital.
When PC Mohess confronted the accused at the police station on Tuesday, he said: Officer I come home drunk that day and we had a scuffle. I really sorry for what happen.”
The magistrate remanded Hosein into custody until Tuesday.