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A Georgia woman has been sentenced to four months in a Cayman Islands prison for violating the British territory’s coronavirus restrictions.
Cayman prosecutors say 18-year-old Skylar Mack flew in last month to attend her boyfriend’s jet ski competition and ignored the islands’ two-week quarantine rule for all incoming visitors. She was also seen interacting with the public without wearing a mask, court paperwork reveals.
“This was as flagrant a breach as could be imagined,” Justice Roger Chapple said when handing down the sentence. “It was born of selfishness and arrogance.” Mack’s boyfriend, a 24-year-old Cayman Islands resident, was also given a four-month sentence.
Cayman Islands jails US college student in coronavirus case
by DáNica Coto, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 11:58 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 12:12 pm EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.
Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week.
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American teen, 18, is jailed for four months in the Cayman Islands along with her boyfriend, 24, after breaking 14-day quarantine to watch him compete in a jet ski contest
Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued
They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week
Mack, who is enrolled as a pre-med student at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, arrived in the Cayman Islands on Nov. 27
She was supposed to undergo a two-week quarantine as mandated by the government, which electronically tracks anyone who arrives
DáNica Coto December 17, 2020 - 12:24 PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.
Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week.
âTheyâre two young people who have never been in trouble before,â he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. âThis is the first time theyâve had interaction with police, the courts, prison.â