Berbice security officer remanded for assaulting wife
A security officer was on Monday remanded to prison for allegedly assaulting his wife, including using his motorcycle to knock her off of her electric bike.
Thirty-six-year-old Amit Jowhair called ‘Edwin’, of Block X Hampshire Village Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) appeared before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm and other offenses committed on Jyoti Jowhair.
Charged and remanded: Amit Jowhair, called ‘‘Edwin’’
Jowhair, 38, a 10-day government part-time worker had reported the incident to the police but the suspect managed to evade police for more than a month. He was nevertheless, arrested in the backland of the Albion Sugar Estate, Corentyne Berbice.
However, during his court appearance, he pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him. As such, he was remanded to prison and the matter will be called again on October 4.
It was reported that on August 26, the victim went to Rose Hall Town Police Station and reported that whilst riding her electric scooter, her husband Edwin Jowheir rode his motorcycle and crashed into her thus causing her to fall.
The woman also told the police that her husband also came off his motorcycle and started to punch her to the face and abdomen. He also hurled a brick at her which led to her sustaining injuries to her face.
On the said date a police team led by an Inspector went in search of the suspect but he had already gone into hiding. Police, however, uplifted one XR Motorcycle CN 810 from his home.
The woman subsequently identified the motorcycle as the bike that her husband was riding when he rode into her scooter. The XR motorcycle was taken to Albion Police Station and lodged. The owner never showed up with the documents.
