A Jamaican, who was recently sentenced to one year imprisonment after he admitted to sharing an obscene video of a woman via social media, was given additional jail time on Friday by Magistrate Leron Daly after a change of plea to a charge of escaping Police custody.
Jailed: Anthony Lynch
In Court on Friday, Anthony Lynch opted to change his not guilty plea to guilty for the charge which read that on January 7, 2019, at Eve Leary, Georgetown, while being in lawful custody for an offence, he escaped from the said custody.
When Lynch made his first Court appearance before Magistrate Daly, he was initially slapped with three charges, including the aforementioned and overstaying in Guyana. After admitting that on January 1, 2019, at Lot 20 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he knowingly and without any lawful excuse exposed an obscene video to cause public embarrassment, Lynch was jailed for one year.
According to Police reports, on the day in question, Lynch was arrested for sharing an obscene video of his girlfriend and was taken to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for questioning. The Court was informed that while at the location, Lynch was ordered to sit and wait on a bench; however, he used the opportunity to escape from the Police.
Just days after, Police ranks managed to locate and rearrested the convicted man for the offences.
Lynch was, nevertheless, sentenced to 9 months imprisonment for the second charge he admitted to and is still before the Court for the third.
