A Berbice businessman who was previously remanded on three charges of allegedly physically and verbally abusing his wife has been granted bail at his 2nd court appearance.
Karran Sukhan, a 25-year-old businessman of Lot 143, Number 2 Village, East Canje, Berbice, made his first court appearance on June 13 before Magistrate Michelle Matthias, where he was charged and remanded for assault causing actual bodily harm, use of threatening language, and threatening behaviour against his reputed wife, Joanna Ramoutar.
He had pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
Fearful: Joanna Ramoutar
When the case was called a second time on June 23, Attorney at Law Charlyn Artiga successfully mitigated for the accused to be granted pre-trial liberty.
Bail was set at $50,000 for the assault charge and $30,000 for each of the other two charges.
Police had arrested Sukhan, who operates a taxi service, in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), after Ramoutar made a social media post claiming that she had endured six years of abuse at the hands of Sukhan and was living in fear.
In the post, the mother of three asked for authorities to intervene, alleging that authorities had not been giving her the support she needed.
The abuse was not limited to physical violence. She was subjected to relentless emotional and mental torment and was called by a name which she described as ‘degrading’, Ramoutar claimed in her social media post.
The woman took to social media again on Wednesday, expressing fear after learning that Sukhan was released on bail.
