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An 18-year-old medical student from the United States is currently facing a four-month jail sentence after violating the Cayman Islands COVID-19 quarantine protocols for visitors. Skylar Mack s family has already appealed to President Donald Trump to help her, according to a Buzzfeed News report. A State Department spokesperson told the news outlet that officials are aware of the reports of detention of a U.S. citizen in the Cayman Islands. However, the spokesperson did not further comment due to privacy considerations. Mack flew to Grand Cayman on Nov. 27 to visit her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet. Ramgeet is a 24-year-old resident who was participating in a Jet Ski competition. ....
Mack, who is enrolled as a pre-med student at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, arrived in the Cayman Islands on Nov. 27 and was supposed to undergo a two-week quarantine as mandated by the government, which electronically tracks anyone who arrives in the British Caribbean territory. However, she broke quarantine on Nov. 29 when her boyfriend picked her up to attend a water sports event, Skylar s attorney Jonathon Hughes said last week. After their arrest, a judge ruled the couple had to provide 40 hours of community service and pay a $4,400 fine. In addition, Ramgeet was ordered to a two-month curfew that would start at 7 p.m. But the prosecution appealed, arguing the punishment was unduly lenient and would not deter other possible violators. A higher court decided in favor of prosecutors, ruling on Dec. 15 that the couple be imprisoned immediately. ....
Family of U.S. student jailed for quarantine violation pleads for release boston.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boston.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Teen Jailed In Caymans For Breaking COVID Restrictions Wants Trump To Intervene Cayman Islands is a tax haven for the globe s super-wealthy. Photo: Reuters KEY POINTS Skylar Mack was sentenced to four months in prison after ditching a tracking device and violating COVID-19 isolation to watch a jet-ski competition Her family is now appealing to the public and President Trump to get her out Commentators abroad and online were less sympathetic, viewing her actions as typical American entitlement The family of an 18-year-old American college student is turning to President Trump for help after she earned a four-month prison sentence for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules to attend her boyfriend’s jet-ski competition. ....
Cayman Islands court reduces American teen s sentence to two months for breaking coronavirus rules Ruby Mellen, The Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Mack, a pre-med student at Mercer University, landed in the Cayman Islands on Nov. 27.DAVID MCFADDEN/STF The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Tuesday reduced the sentence of a Georgia teen who pleaded guilty to flouting coronavirus quarantine rules from four months in prison to two months, her attorneys said. Skylar Mack s family has called for her release, saying the sentencing, the most severe related to the pandemic so far implemented in the British overseas territory, is unduly harsh punishment for the 18-year-old student. ....