Health Ministry arsonists jailed for five years

Colin Jones

Colin Jones and Clayton Westford, the two men found guilty of torching the Ministry of Health’s building in 2009, were yesterday each sentenced to 60 months imprisonment for the crime.

The decision was handed down by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where former Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy detailed the losses as a result of the arson attack on the 100-year-old building.

Jones and Westford were found guilty last week, with Magistrate Latchman saying that the