A 43-year-old man has been remanded to Dodds until next month pending sentencing for wounding his partner.Cedric McCartney Lynch of Passage Garden, Passage Road, St Michael appeared before Acting Magistrate Jared Richards on Monday and admitted to unlawfully and maliciously wounding Jakia Blunt on October 7.“Yes, she get bruises and I plead guilty for that . . . ,” he told the court.Relaying what happened that led to Lynch being charged, prosecuting Sergeant Verdon Forde told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court the two had been in a relationship for the past eight years.On the mentioned day, Lynch came home to their rented room, closed the door and refused to allow the woman to leave.An argument ensued and an angry Lynch hit Blunt in her face and head. She shouted for him to stop but, according to the prosecutor, he continued and then placed his hands around her neck and squeezed before releasing her, pushing her onto the bed.
