Two miners were yesterday sentenced to 24 months in jail by a city magistrate for beating a boat operator with a piece of wood after he left them stranded up the Potaro River.
The courtroom of Magistrate Fabayo Azore heard that on November 11, at Princeville Backdam, Potaro, Aaron Paul, 24, and Imran Peters, 21, of Princeville, Potaro, unlawfully and maliciously wounded Calvin De Santos, with intent to cause grievous or bodily harm. The two men pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him.
According to the police prosecutor, De Santos and the defendants are known to
