–for ‘escape from lawful custody’

CITY Magistrate ,Leron Daly, on Friday sentenced 20-year-old Clifton Boyce to a year in jail for escaping from the lockups at the Ruimveldt Police Station, while in custody.
Boyce pleaded guilty to the charge which read that on November 15 at Meadow Bank, Georgetown he stole from Nafiza Patterson a cell-phone valued $45,000 and $9,440 in cash.

He further admitted that on the following day, while in lawful custody on a summary charge at the Ruimveldt Police Station, he escaped from the police.
Police Prosecutor, Sanj Singh, told the court that on November 15 at Meadow Bank, Boyce snatched Patterson’s shopping bag with the items inside it and ran away.

The next day, he was picked up by the police and taken to the Ruimveldt Police Station, based upon a report that Patterson had made. Boyce who was reportedly handcuffed with another prisoner requested to use the washroom, but when a rank removed the handcuffs from his hands to facilitate his request, he (Boyce) bolted out of the station and onto the roadway where he entered a Route #42 minibus.

Ranks, however, managed to intercept the minibus at Lombard Street and rearrested Boyce.

Based upon Boyce’s early guilty plea, the magistrate was somewhat lenient with his sentencing, though he was also slapped with a $40,000 fine.His failure to pay the fine will earn him an additional six months imprisonment.