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Court of Appeal orders release of Jamaican
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Jamaican Dean George Scott is a free man.
The Barbados Court of Appeal today allowed the appeal brought by the Jamaican visitor through his attorneys Andrew Pilgrim Q.C. and Michelle Russell.
Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham in handing down the ruling said Scott should be freed by the prison once all health protocols are satisfied.
The 49-year-old has spent two months at HMP Dodds which a panel of Appeal judges including Madam Justice Margaret Reifer and Justice Rejendra Narine deemed to be time served.
Scott had been sentenced to six months in prison by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes last December after he was unable to pay a $6 000 fine following a guilty plea to contravening Paragraph 14 of the
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Article by February 25, 2021
The Barbados Court of Appeal will tomorrow hand down its decision on a magisterial sentence appeal brought by Jamaican visitor Dean George Scott who is currently serving six months at HMP Dodds for breaching quarantine directives.
That decision will be delivered at 10 a.m. during a virtual sitting of the No. 1 Supreme Court.
On December 29 last year Scott, a 49-year-old mason, who was staying at a hotel in Worthing, Christ Church, pleaded guilty to contravening