Mother collapses in court as son sent to prison
This happened as the woman rose to her feet for a second time to plead with the magistrate not to give her son Rondell Calistire a prison sentence as he was her only source of support.
The woman told the court how sorry she was about her son’s acts and that she was in no way condoning such behaviour. The court heard that she was due for a surgery as she has a spinal condition and she was the lone parent of her son in the territory.
Calistire was today before the court jointly charged with Royanston Arrington for the offenses of burglary and criminal damage.
Calistire had also pleaded with the magistrate to be lenient with him as he has a 5 month old baby. He has begged that the magistrate put him on probation if possible, but that did not work with the magistrate who told him and the co-defendant they knew of the penalty for such offenses prior to committing them.
Magistrate Baptiste-DaBreo told the mother that she was not un-sympathetic with what is happening in society with the youths of today but insisted that a strong message must be sent and that the society must be protected from such persons.
The man was slapped with a sentence of 18 months imprisonment for the burglary offense and 6 months for the criminal damage. In addition he is required to pay the virtual complainant, owners of Trellis Bay Market, the sum of $600 for the damage to property or if in default 2 months imprisonment.
Co-defendant Arrington on the other hand was sentenced to 36 months for burglary and 12 months for criminal damage. He too is required to pay compensation to the VC in the sum of $600 or in default 2 months imprisonment.
In the case of Arrington it was taken into consideration that he had two previous records against his name. On one occasion he was committed to community service while in the other instance he was sentenced to two years imprisonment. The magistrate told him that it was obvious that he had not learnt his lesson.
He told the magistrate that if he had gotten a proper job after returning to society he would not have been before her again today.
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22 Responses to “Mother collapses in court as son sent to prison”
Most likely she will not pay her medical bill. Too many toomany like this family are here burdening and changing the once good character of the BVI.
These "other" caribbean folks are only fit to live with each other. They need to be restricted to their countries like assylums until they deal with their jungle like issues.
An example
There are zero filipinos in balsum and no white kids.
The locks we now have to use are to keep out the human predators from up de islun.
I was just about to type the exact same thing..not so direct as to a specific case... but individuals who have a little name in society who commit worse crimes than these end up walking free sometimes with things like "community services and the parents pay back any damage done.... but those who name dont hold no weigght hmph, the fat lady sing for them.......The F...ed Up System!
to the BVI that is now a haven for these unwelcome blight, whose only contribution is their innate culture of crime.
The real inequity is that he will be housed free of charge for $30,000 yearly,while the BVI is need of funds to construct and staff a dwelling for well deserving senior citizens who are in need.