Prisoner gets additional jail term for wounding fellow inmate

A convicted prisoner, who is serving time at the Camp Street Prison, Georgetown, was on Tuesday given an additional jail sentence after he was found guilty by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, for maliciously wounding a fellow inmate.

The court found that on November 6, 2016, 38-year-old Calvin Bailey of Agricola, East Bank Demerara, maliciously and unlawfully wounded Dwayne King at the Prison where they are both serving time.

According to the Prosecution’s case, on the day in question, Bailey was involved in an altercation with King, during which he stabbed the fellow convict.

Bailey is currently serving a 15-year sentence for another offence, but in court on Tuesday, he begged the Magistrate for leniency before his sentence was handed down.

As such he was slapped with two additional years, which will run consecutive to the 15 years which he is already serving.