– claims woman slammed her own head into a post
Thirty-nine-year-old father of four, Wendell Layne, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Wales Magistrate Court, and pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting his common-law partner, Nicola Daniels, at their La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home. 
According to police facts, at about 16:30h on June 8, at the home Layne shared with the woman, he and Daniels had a heated argument, and it resulted in the welder dealing her several punches to the face and body.
The virtual complainant reported the matter to the La Grange Police Station that afternoon, and Layne was arrested and charged.
Layne strongly denied what his partner had told the police. He related that the argument first started with their male tenant, and when Daniels got involved, Layne accused her of always taking the tenant’s side. The accused told the Magistrate that he didn’t hit the woman. Rather, she supposedly slammed her own head into a post in the midst of their argument.
“I didn’t cuff her is she face,” Layne told Magistrate Nurse.
After his explanation, a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf, and Layne informed the court that he had paid a fine during a previous court appearance. As such, the accused was placed on $25,000 bail and put on a bond to keep the peace pending the outcome of the matter. The Parfaite Harmonie couple will return to court on July 3.
