A Devonshire man who attacked his wife’s co-worker has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence.

At a previous Magistrates’ Court appearance in September, Janos Lindsay had pleaded guilty to causing a man grievous bodily harm in Paget on August 4.

The court heard that the 28-year-old approached the man at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and confronted him about text messages that he had allegedly sent to his wife.

So as not to cause a scene, the complainant accompanied Lindsay to the bathroom area, but Lindsay became aggressive and the complainant feared he would be hit.

When one of the complainant’s co-workers walked in, he asked him to stay, but Lindsay hit the complainant in the head with a closed fist, fracturing his jaw.

Prosecutor Alan Richards told the court today that the complainant’s jaw required wiring and that his medical expenses totalled $1,420.

Although Lindsay disputed some of the events laid out by the Department of Public Prosecutions, he admitted injuring the complainant.

“It started as a talk and it just escalated,” Lindsay said, adding that he did not realise the extent of the complainant’s injuries until about a month later.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo sentenced Lindsay to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.

The suspended sentence is to be accompanied by 12 months’ probation on the condition that Lindsay take part in an anger management programme and pay restitution for the medical expenses.

Also in court, Jahfari Cyrus-Raynor, of Pembroke, was sentenced to time served for unlawfully and wilfully damaging a display window belonging to Gibbons Management Services Ltd.

The 22-year-old had pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place on October 17, when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court on October 19 and was remanded into custody.

The court heard that Cyrus-Raynor was seen kicking the window on Reid Street and CCTV footage showed him striking other windows on Reid Street as well.

Mr Tokunbo this morning sentenced Cyrus-Raynor to time spent in custody.

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