A man who was charged with the murder of a Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts tout, was moments ago sentenced to 12 months for escaping police custody.
The sentence was handed down by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts after the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
Twenty-six-year-old Terrence Pitt called ‘Sonna Boy’ or ‘Shots’ of Third Street, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, was slapped with two charges on January 14,2020, when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The first charge stated that on October 5, 2019, at Hummingbird Street, Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he murdered
Darrell Breedy during the course of a robbery.
It was further alleged that between November 11 and November 12, 2019, at Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Eve Leary, Georgetown, while in custody pending an investigation for murder, he escaped from custody.
The father of one is expected to make his next court appearance on February 14,2020.
