FOR hitting a woman and then stamping her on her face, a mason, 52 from Siparia was remanded into custody when he appeared virtually before a Siparia Magistrate on Monday.
Police reported on Thursday that Deopersad Ramsumair, appeared before Magistrate Nazim Khan and pleaded guilty to the charge assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a woman.
Police stated that the woman reported to police on March 13, that she got into a heated altercation with a man, during which she was allegedly struck on the face which caused her to fall.
She also said that he then stamped her on the face with his foot.
A report was made to the Siparia Police Station and the accused subsequently arrested. Officers of the Gender-Based Violence Unit were contacted and conducted investigations which led to Ramsumair being charged on Sunday by PC Williams, in connection with the incident.
The matter was adjourned to March 31.
