Man planass woman on buttocks

David Arrindell appeared before deputy Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle who read to him the charge that on Thursday last, he struck Kareece Forte on the left buttocks with a cutlass.

Arrindell pleaded guilty to the charge. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a cutlass for the purpose of committing an arrestable offence. He told the magistrate the woman ‘rushed’ him while he was under his house and as a result he defended himself.

Magistrate Earle-Caddle told him that based on that explanation, she had to record on his behalf, a plea of not guilty as defending oneself when attacked was a defence in law.

Court police prosecutor Sgt Shazeed Mohammed exhibited the cutlass in court and told the magistrate that Forte sought medical attention and was discharged.

Arrindell was granted bail in the sum of $5,000 to reappear on March 6.