A man who was in the custody of police pending a robbery charge, was sentenced on Friday to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escaping from custody.
It was alleged that on December 20, while in the custody of the police at the Brickdam Police Station for aggravated robbery, Quincy Reynolds attempted to escape custody.
Reynolds, whose face was bruised, pleaded guilty to the charge read by Magistrate Leron Daly, and in his defence, said the officers forced him to escape, claiming that he was assaulted while in custody. “They hit me, slapped me and shouted indecent words at me”, Reynolds said.
