NASSAU- An abusive man has been spared jail time for slashing his girlfriend in the thigh.
Tyrone Culmer, 43, without warning attacked K. Prosa on September 24.
They were sitting on the bed of an apartment in Blue Hill Heights when Culmer complained that he couldn’t see the TV.
He placed Prosa in a headlock, punched her in the face and stabbed her in the thigh after she replied, “What do you want me to do?”
Culmer destroyed Prosa’s $200 cell phone during the attack.
Unlike most domestic abuse victims, brave Prosa didn’t withdraw her complaint.
But the magistrate failed to ensure that Culmer didn’t attack another woman.
Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis could have jailed Culmer for up to seven years for causing grievous harm.
But he wont serve any time at all, if he compensates Prosa $863.50 for medical expenses and the damaged phone.
The court also ordered Culmer to stay away from Prosa for one year and attend anger management classes for six months.
He risks spending 18 months in jail by failing to meet those conditions.
On Monday, police said a man killed 30-year-old Alicia Sawyer and her eight-year-old daughter.
The prime suspect had a history of domestic abuse and served just two years of a three-year sentence for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and shooting her in the leg.
