UPDATE - Kittitian jailed for four years!
The sentence was handed down by Judge Indra Hariprashad-Charles and is to begin from the day he was incarcerated, July 19, 2011. He was also handed a 12 month sentence for assault ocassioning actual bodily harm which is to run concurrently.
Godwin was charged with attempting to choke and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and had pleaded guilty to the offences on October 5, 2011. The maximum sentence is life imprisonment.
The Kittitian national, a plumber by trade is said to have dragged the Virtual Complainant (VC) through their North Sound apartment by her hair and threatened to kill her and beat her about the body using his fist and a baseball bat.
The Court heard during the sentencing hearing on October 10, 2011 that sometime during the abuse, Mr. Godwin held the VC in a chokehold causing her to lose consciousness. However, the defendant splashed water on her face to revive her.
Ruthilia Maximea is the defendant’s lawyer, while Jude Hanley appears for the Crown.
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