A 26-year-old man from Onderneeming village on the Essequibo Coast who was wanted for several offences was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment in his absence.
Magistrate Esther Sam, after conducting a trial into a matter where he had injured over 300 trees, found Leon Price guilty of the offence.

In 2017, Price had allegedly poisoned a farmer’s plants. He was taken before the court after he was charged with the offence of Injuries to Trees.

Price had escaped police custody on March 7. According to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, when ranks made checks for him at the Anna Regina Police Station lock-ups, they observed that the western side of the lock-ups area had a space — one of the ventilation blocks was missing.

When checks were made, Price, who had been in the room was missing. He was at the time attending trial in Essequibo. Price was remanded to prison for several offences and was even a wanted man for three years.