31 year old Thomas Card was sentenced to 5 years in jail today for beating his ex common law wife unconscious in the street. Claire Kelly alleged that on the morning of June 9, 2015, she was walking her 5 year old daughter to school, when she met Card and allowed him to walk with his daughter for a while despite the fact there is a restraining order for him to stay away from her.

But when she decided to end his meet with the child, and she took the child way, that's when her ex got upset and slapped her across her face so hard, she fell to the ground. That's where Card continued to beat her, until she went unconscious. Her friend Keisha Westby ran to Card's aid and had to throw water over her face to revive her.

A passing police mobile met him on Saint Joseph Street where he was detained and taken back to the scene where Kelly positively identified him as the man who beat her up.

Card told the court that whilst socializing with Kelly and his daughter, her new boyfriend, rode up on a bike and hit him in his mouth. He claims he counter punched, but the boyfriend ducked and that's when he hit Claire accidentally.

He says he then ran after the new boyfriend and claims that a bicycle rode up in the area and hit Claire in the face.

Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith wasn't buying it. She called his version a fairy tale and gave him 5 years for wounding.

Today's 5 year sentence is to run concurrently with a 3 years jail time that Card got on Monday at the Belize Family court for breach of a protection order against his ex. He was also fined $3,000 to pay immediately in default 1 ½ year more behind bars. Card has two other violence offense charges pending against his for an aggravated assault with a machete and harm.