A robbery accused will be spending Christmas in jail after he admitted to escaping from the Brickdam Police Station lockups.
Quincy Reynolds was under arrest for allegedly using personal violence while robbing Tameka Smith of a gold chain and gold pendant valued 60,000 on December 20, 2018, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown. However, while at the lockups he escaped.
Reynolds admitted to the charge of escaping from lawful custody while he denied robbing the Virtual Complainant.
The unrepresented man in a plea of mitigation told the court that he was being beaten by the Police and was forced to escape.
However, Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh informed the court that the defendant was behaving in a disorderly manner, and when he was warned to desist, he jumped over the veranda of the station and made good his escape.
Magistrate Leron Daly jailed Reynolds for one year for escaping from lawful custody while she remanded him on the robbery charge.
The case will continue on January 18, 2019.
