A SAN JUAN man accused of choking a woman during an alleged assault at his home in 2019 has been acquitted on charges of grievous bodily harm.

A nine-member jury found Stefan O’Brien not guilty on Wednesday following a trial before Justice Sherene Murray-Bailey at the Port of Spain High Court.

The jury returned not guilty verdicts on two alternative charges that O’Brien caused grievous bodily harm to Zakiya Penn with intent, and unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on her. The offences were alleged to have occurred on July 13, 2019, in San Juan.