Mahabir, 32, was sentenced in the past to three months in prison on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against the same victim.
Police prosecutor Reagan Ramanan told the court that the victim had last year obtained a protection order, valid for two years, from June 2019 to August 2021.
In speaking with Crawford, Mahabir admitted that he knew about the protection order but said he had not been served with a copy.
Crawford gave him a copy and told him it was noted on the order that, at the court, Mahabir had waived his right to be served with the document.
In sentencing Mahabir to three months hard labour on each of the offences before her, the magistrate told him to use his days in custody to think about how difficult it would be if he were to be charged with murder.
