A 21-year-old farmer was, on Tuesday November 19, 2019, sentenced to 12 months in prison, by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, for assisting his father to escape custody.
Samuel Domingo of Katoonarib Village appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to the charge, when it was read to him.

Particulars of the charge stated that, on March 27, 2019, at South Rupununi, he assisted Eustace Domingo to escape lawful custody. Domingo was, at that time, a suspect in the murder of Reginald Thompson.

“I couldn’t watch my father go down like that. I had to help him,” Domingo (Jr) said.
Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that, on the day in question, Domingo (jr) returned home from his farm and observed that his father was under arrest, and in custody of the village toshao and constable Marcus Alexander, having been arrested for the murder of Thompson.

Mansfield added that, Domingo (Jr) who was armed with a knife, forcefully took his father from the toshao and the constable and went into some nearby bushes, after which they fled to Brazil. Domingo (Jr) was later arrested, told of the allegation to which he admitted. He was later charged.

Magistrate McLennan, after listening to the prosecutor and Domingo (Jr), sentenced him to 12 months in prison.