DESPITE the pain and the scars from a stabbing under her left eye with a kitchen knife, Stacy-Ann Morris on Thursday asked the court to drop a wounding charge against the father of her son.

Morris said she has no choice but to drop the charges against Rakeesh Marsh as she would be unable to take care of the child without his support.

Marsh, the police reported, used a kitchen knife to stab Morris under her left eye during a dispute at their Kingston home.

"Your honour, I forgive him because he is the father of my son and I would not want him to go to prison because he is the only one taking care of him, I am not working at the moment," the woman said, as Marsh stood silently in front of Resident Magistrate Glen Brown.

She said that she recently gave birth to the child and was not yet able to resume working until she had fully recovered from childbirth.

"Do you love your babymother, Mr Marsh? Why did you stab her in the face? Is it because you don't want her to get any other man?" Brown asked.

"No, your honour, it was an accident and I love her, your honour," a timid-looking Marsh said softly as a handful of women at the back of the courtroom hissed in annoyance.

"My view is that men who stab a woman or anyone for that matter should go to jail," said Brown. "So the next time that both of you have a quarrel, and you will quarrel because it is not every time that you will want to take care of the child, make sure that there are no knives around," the magistrate said sternly before dismissing the couple.

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