A Social Studies teacher at the Berbice Educational Institute was charged last Friday with assault, causing grievous bodily harm and has been placed on $10,Wholesale China Jerseys,000 bail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. Kirk Fraser attacked Stacia Gomes, a single mother of two, on Sunday, February 26 at around 21:00 hours on Main Street, during the Mash celebrations in the town of New Amsterdam.According to Gomes, she was hanging out with a few of her friends in the vicinity of Pitt Street, when, to her surprise,Cheap Jerseys 2018, a woman assaulted her from behind. She did not know the individual at the time but was told that it was Fraser’s sister,Cheap Jerseys From China, Simone Ramsammy, a teacher of a private school, Fraser’s Academy in New Amsterdam.After the assault, which lasted a short while, Gomes retreated to another portion of Pitt Street,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, only to discover a man rushing through the crowd and coming towards her. The man, whose name or identity she had no knowledge about, punched her in the face and in her head. He also battered her left shoulder with several blows, after which Gomes collapsed on the ground. Then the man started to kick her in her stomach. Gomes stated that during this time, she was delirious and she stated that she did not remember anyone coming to her assistance even though the Mash celebrations saw huge crowds that congregated on Main Street.After a friend of hers tried to restrain Fraser from afflicting more bodily harm, Gomes got up and ran as fast as she could, barefoot and all, to the Central Police Station,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, a few streets away. She recalled that Fraser ran behind her, using threatening language, until she outran him after some distance.Bleeding profusely, she arrived at the Central Police Station after which she was given a medical to take to the New Amsterdam Hospital. She made a report at the station on Monday and the teacher was arrested. He appeared in court, pleaded ‘not guilty’ and was placed on bail, much to Gomes’ amazement. Gomes stated that she was surprised that the Magistrate granted bail at such an amount, even with the new Sexual Offenses Bill that became law in 2010.“Can you imagine? I was surprised!” She exclaimed.She stated that she is still in pain and may have to seek medical attention elsewhere since she is not satisfied with the treatment she received at the New Amsterdam Hospital.“I’m still getting bad headache. I am in the depth of despair because of this mad man. Just imagine, a man like him,Cheap Jerseys, a teacher, so violent. What can he teach young men?” she said.Marks that Gomes sustained as a result of the assault. She said that she does not know Fraser nor has she ever met him before. She, however, knew his sister and believes that the sister put him up to do what he did on Sunday after the sister became a bit jealous about Gomes hanging out with her boyfriend and a group of other friends during Mash day in New Amsterdam.“There needs to be tougher laws for men abusing women. The laws are not stiff enough and that’s why men are not afraid,” Gomes told Kaieteur News.She said that she will do anything to make sure that what happened to her does not happen to any other woman.The young woman expressed fear that two persons from the teaching profession can perform such unethical and heinous acts in the public arena.She is calling for a stiffer penalty for her abusers even as she feels that the police were not as serious, as she had hoped, in dealing with the situation. (Leon Suseran)