A man who pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to disfigure a woman will wait for social inquiry reports before being sentenced.

Eli Rashid Hill, 28, of Smiths Avenue, Warwick appeared in Supreme Court yesterday without legal representation because he said he wasn?t getting along with lawyers recently.

?Well, I figured I don?t really need these people. I have a thing against lawyers right now,? he told Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons.

On October 30 Rushana Tannock was driving home in the rain on her cycle when she was forced to slow down near Longford Hill in Warwick as she approached a large puddle, the court heard.

She noticed a man, who was wearing a scarf that covered his mouth and nose, walking in the road but continued to drive with the man about two feet away from her. He then grabbed the back of her raincoat and hit her in the face leaving her with three extensive lacerations to her face that ranged from six to nine inches.

In a victim impact statement that was read in court yesterday, the 24-year-old woman, who was in the courtroom, said she must look at herself every morning and said she was having nightmares up until the beginning of the year.

She said that she knew the accused while growing up. ?I?m shocked that he would do this to me or anyone because he would not have known it was me.?

Ms Tannock said she is still in pain, couldn?t feel her upper lip and had scars on her face. She has also been unable to return to work.

?The whole situation has left me not wanting to drive or ride in the dark... I still feel a lot of pain.?

Crown counsel Vinette Graham-Allen emphasised the fact that Ms Tannock was hospitalised for a week after the incident and will have to undergo plastic surgery in the future.

She pointed out seven previous convictions of a similar nature that has landed Hill in jail.

Because Hill has continually committed crimes after getting out of jail, Mrs. Justice Simmons ordered a social inquiry report and psychiatric reports before she would decide on a sentence.

?I realise that there needs to be some closure in the matter but I think a psychiatric report will do justice in the long run,? she said.

Hill asked that the sentencing continue as he had pleaded guilty and said it was an added aggravation that he continue to come to court and be in segregated lock-up while on remand.

Mrs. Justice Simmons said it would be in his best interest and ordered him to appear on March 1 for arraignment.