Convict Claude Howard, 34, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on Monday. Howard had confessed to going to the Physiotherapy Department of the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he removed three louvre panes, and was attempting  to enter the premises.
Lance Corporal 18249 Sherloc King, prosecuting , said the felon is a repeat offender having served sentences for simple larceny and breaking and entering before.
Howard’s left leg and right forearm remained fitted in casts, when he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo on Friday.
On Friday, Police Inspector Satrohan Dayaram, prosecuting, said on July 26 last, Howard was seen attempting to enter the building by security guard Charles Layne, who raised an alarm.
Nearby residents and other guards responded, and inflicted several lashes on Howard, breaking his arm and leg.
In response to the Magistrate, Howard said he was standing outside the building while two of his accomplices were inside, when  the security guard  ‘beat him up’, causing him to sustain ‘broken ribs, foot  and hand’.