A Bel Air, Georgetown father was on Wednesday arraigned before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to two charges of assault.
The charges read that on March 4 at Duncan and Abary Streets, Bel Air, Timothy Chand physically assaulted Crystal Christino, his common-law partner. A second charge read that Chand made use of abusive language towards Christino on the same night. Chand pleaded not guilty to both charges.
The court was told that Chand and Christino had been in a common law relationship for approximately six years. The defence claimed that Christino would leave for days with their child and returns whenever she wished. Also, it was alleged that on the night in question, the woman had beaten Chand leaving him with injuries to his head body and eyes. The sorrowful man begged for leniency from the Magistrate since he was supposed to receive station bail on Sunday, noting that he already missed two days of work. He is said to be a manager at a Campbellville hotel.
The prosecution offered no objection to bail, and as such, the man was placed on $25,000 bail for the assault charge and $10,000 bail for the abusive language charge, totalling $35,000.
