Acting Magistrate Deborah Beckles has imposed a combination sentence on a 45-year-old man who admitted to assaulting his former long-term girlfriend.The District ‘D’ Magistrate ordered Anderson McDonald Best of Arthur Seat, St Thomas to compensate the virtual complainant $1 500 by January 31, 2023, or spend three months in prison.He was also placed on a bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for 12 months. If Best breaches that order he will spend six months in jail.He pleaded guilty to assaulting Stephanie Peters on October 3, causing her actual harm.