We ran out of time to add our next story on Friday's news - but have to note that a BDF soldier and a Police constable are in jail after they were sentenced on Friday. Private Ramon Alcoser and Constable Juan Carlos Morales who were remanded for "Perverting The Course of Justice" were both handed custodial sentences by Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman.
Attorneys for both men had asked the court for a non-custodial sentence. Morales was very emotional, crying during his plea to the court. The attorney for Morales, Ellis Arnold says they will be appealing the matter.
The lawmen were both found guilty of perverting the court of justice in the shooting death of BDF Soldier Jessie Escobar who was shot and killed in Santa Familia Village in September of 2021. The court found them guilty of omitting and misrepresenting key details in their statements after surveillance video showed the true facts.
