Gaylord's Looter Convicted

The first of the 98 persons accused of looting and other acts of unrest in Wednesday night's chaos in downtown Belize City was convicted in court today. 42-year-old Justo Swazo pleaded guilty to burglary for looting from Gaylord's Store on King Street. Swazo jokingly told the court he was watching television when he saw that there was hustling going on at the store. Chief Magistrate Herbert lord sentenced swazo to 5 years in jail after which Swazo gamley admitted: "that's life; that's destiny, you can't cheat it." Swazo was arrested along with Charles Ramsey, Cordel Banks, Brent Gibson, and Joel Bishop. They pleaded not guilty and were remanded into custody until April 28th.