An office assistant of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, who said he tried to smuggle cocaine to the Cayman Islands to help his sisters, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry handed down the sentence in a hushed courtroom filled to capacity with Terry DeFreitas’ weeping co-workers, who heard that on January 26, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, he had in his possession 1.044 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. DeFreitas, 29, who pleaded guilty, admitted to swallowing 86 pellets filled with the cocaine.

“It was a sacrifice I was making for me and my sisters,” the unrepresented DeFreitas, who …..