SENIOR Magistrate, Leron Daly on Friday sentenced a Cuban man to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escaping from police custody.

Jose Mona confessed that on September 25, 2018, at New Market Street, Georgetown, while in police custody at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, he escaped.

Police Prosecutor, Sanj Singh, told the court that Mona was in custody for breaking and entering along with larceny. He was allegedly beaten by civilians and was taken to the GPHC to receive treatment for his injuries.

Singh told the court that Mona requested to use the washroom and was escorted by a police officer. The foreign national, while in the washroom, made good his escape through the window.

An alarm was raised and Mona was rearrested in the hospital compound.