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The family of an 18-year-old student sentenced to four months in a Cayman Islands jail for breaking the British territory s coronavirus isolation requirement has appealed to President Donald Trump for help in getting her sprung. American Skylar Mack, a pre-med student at Mercer University in Georgia, has been locked up since December 15 along with her boyfriend, local resident and competitive jet skier Vanjae Ramgeet, 24. The lovebirds were sentenced to four months behind bars after she slipped out of her wristband monitor to watch him compete instead of quarantining for 14 days after arriving from the US, local media reported. An island judge slapped them with the jail term after overturning a previous sentence of 40 hours of community service and a $US2,600 ($A3,400) fine each, according to the Cayman News Service.
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal handed down a reduced sentence on Tuesday, when they cut the jail time for Skylar Mack (18) and Vanjae “VJ” Ramgeet (24), who were convicted for breaching quarantine regulations, from four months to two. The justices did not explain the reasons for the change, but after listening to arguments from Ben Tonner QC, representing Mack and Ramgeet, and prosecutor Greg Walcolm, they said a written judgment would follow.
The local competitive Jet Ski star and his American girlfriend, who is a pre-med student from Georgia, were remanded back into custody and taken to HMP Northward and HMP Fairbanks respectively, where they are expected to serve a further four weeks of the now reduced sentence. All prison sentences under one year are automatically cut to 60% for inmates provided they maintain good behaviour.