The 33-year-old man who was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to his ex-girlfriend after he beat her up in his Nabua flat will serve one year and 10 months behind bars.
The matter was called before High Court judge Justice Daniel Goundar this week for sentencing.
Originally charged with attempted murder and resisting arrest, Justice Goundar found the man guilty of causing grievous bodily harm and resisting arrest.
He said the accused offered to plead guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to the victim before the commencement of trial, but that plea was not accepted by the prosecution.
“The offer of plea to a lesser charge, which he was found guilty of after trial, indicates the accused’s willingness to take some responsibility for his crime,” Justice Goundar said.
He said the accused had 17 previous convictions for summary offences and not for violent offences and the aggravating factors were that he inflicted significant bodily injuries to the victim, the use of a wooden plank as a weapon and the violence fuelled by alcohol, which saw the victim hospitalised for two weeks.
“She sustained a broken jaw and arm, she underwent multiple surgeries to fix her injuries leaving visible scars to her body.
“Her left ear lobe is missing, she puts a scarf around her head to cover up the injuries to her ears.”
Justice Goundar sentenced him to four years imprisonment on the count of causing grievous bodily harm and three months imprisonment on the count of resisting arrest, to be served concurrently.
And because the accused served two years and two months in remand, he will now serve one year and 10 months imprisonment.
