CONVICTED prisoner Zaman Baksh who had escaped from lawful custody after he received a message that his lover’s male partner was ill-treating his daughter,yesterday received a two-year sentence after he confessed to the charge before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus at the New Amsterdam Court.Police Inspector Gail Bristol, prosecuting, said on April 20, 2013, the prisoner was carrying out duties at the Central Police Station , and was in the lawful custody of Sergeant 18923 Michael Newland when he escaped .
Police ranks searched diligently for the convict and eventually arrested him in October 2013, at Lot 1 Owen Street , Kitty, Georgetown .
In the New Amsterdam Court yesterday, the prisoner said that he had indeed been in custody,but no officer was with him .
According to him, he received a phone call stating that his woman was having an affair with another man, who in turn was ill-treating his daughter .
‘Your worship, no one was supervising me; . I was serving a one-year sentence. I know it was wrong , and I can take another one year sentence ‘.
However,after questioning the prosecutor as to the length of the penalty, the magistrate imposed the two-year sentence on the seemingly pleased prisoner.