Youth who broke curfew to buy weed jailed for 2 mths
The Carrot Bay man pleaded guilty to the offence before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin on Monday, April 20, 2020, via video conferencing.
According to Prosecutor Mr O’Neil Simpson, Mr Brathwaite, along with another young man who was also charged and sentenced for the same offence, were seen walking around Road Town during the ongoing curfew.
He was taken to the Road Town Police Station for questioning on April 15, 2020, and during an interview, he said he left his home to purchase marijuana to smoke.
He was subsequently charged with the offence.
Lesson learnt
Mr Brathwaite said, during his plea in mitigation at court, that he was sorry for breaking the curfew.
He implored the court to impose a non-custodial sentence because he had an infant and a girlfriend who relies on him for support.
He said his child would be turning three in a few weeks’ time and wanted to be there to celebrate it.
Unmoved, Magistrate Benjamin said the defendant should have taken all of that into consideration before he decided to break the law.
“I am sorry that I broke curfew for such a useless reason. I just spend the last seven days in a cell. I just don’t want to go in another cell,” he said.
Mr Brathwaite then told the court that being inside the cell at the Road Town Police Station has taught him a lesson that he should not hang around “bad company”.
The ongoing curfew is slated to end on Sunday, April 26, 2020.
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33 Responses to “Youth who broke curfew to buy weed jailed for 2 mths”
Really....?......I thought.quarantine is when you restrict the movement of a healthy person to prevent them getting sick...for the safety of everyone in the community
Persons who have been exposed to persons tested positive for COVID-19 have been quarantined. The rest of the VI not under quarantine but under curfew as an additional measurement to mitigate the spread of this virus. I was once like you who didn't take the virus too seriously until it hit home. So many young people dying from this virus. It is not your normal flu virus. We still learning about it and everyday you hearing something new, including that it causing stroke in people in their 40s and younger, especially those who displayed none to minimal symptoms. This virus knocking down people who were otherwise healthy, much less those with a compromised immune system or the elderly. The BVI has hardly a choice in this. if this virus runs uncontrolled in the BVI, it will be the end of tourism. Who gonna come here? Which country will let their people back in their country who has a travel history relating to BVI? Until there is a vaccine or more knowledge of this virus the BVI has NO choice in this matter but to isolate, quarantine and restrict the movement of people as much as possible, especially since you may never know who has the virus. Do your own reading and pick sense from nonsense rather than biasing your mind to conspiracy theories. Trust me, there is a conspiracy theory for everything. COVID-19 is not spared from that. Read but also reason, with facts and not speculation! be safe
Under the current situation we in, it is time for compassion!!!!! Let the man go home to his family! Two months?! You could of given the man two weeks or the one month - better yet, put all curfew breakers down for community service. A lot of persons are breaking curfew (for all type of reasons).. you people just crucify who you feel to crucify.. set of hypocrites and haters! This lock down is simple - the elites just want to force their vaccine agenda!!!
I understand the need for weed. But you are a father now. Some things got to stop