Ex-boyfriend fined $40,000 for assault

A 22-year-old man was on Monday fined when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for assault.

Mark Gonsalves pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on April 1, 2016 at Block E, South Sophia, Georgetown, he assaulted Virtual Complainant Lorraine Hope so as to cause her actual bodily harm. According to the defendant, he committed the act which stemmed from him being angered over the VC’s alleged infidelity.

However, the VC explained that on the day in question, she was going to work when she was attacked by the defendant, who took her bag from her. She said that the defendant, who is her ex-boyfriend, threw her bag into a nearby trench. When she protested his actions, he then held her and bit her on her lips. The matter was reported. Gonsalves was fined $40,000 with a default sentence of 14 days’ imprisonment.