Latest update April 14th, 2026 12:38 AM
Man attempts prison escape after receiving jail sentence
In a desperate bid for freedom, a 23-year-old man yesterday attempted to flee from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court moments after he was sentenced to prison on a drug trafficking charge.
Ian Smith, of 23B Norton Street, Georgetown was fined $30,000 and sentenced to four years imprisonment by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
He was charged after being busted by police ranks on December 20, last year, with two parcels containing a total of 3.970 kilograms of marijuana at his residence. The police managed to prove during the trial that the drug was intended for trafficking.
Three days after the bust, Smith was brought before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry to face a drug trafficking charge and pleaded not guilty.
The case was subsequently transferred to Magistrate Azore and Smith was prosecuted by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Deneashwar Maindranauth.
Yesterday marked the end of his trial when the Prosecution was told that it had successfully established its case against Smith. Magistrate Azore stated that she disbelieved the defence the accused attempted to lead.
Smith, she recapped, had called upon his landlady to offer evidence on his behalf.
The Magistrate, responding yesterday stated that she disbelieved the landlady who claimed the police had a key to the house and they went in and searched his room.
Smith was sentenced in his absence. The police had failed to present him before the court. However, on receiving word of the sentence, Smith attempted to escape.
In the midst of two police ranks, Smith was standing at the court’s Avenue of the Republic gate when he learnt of the sentence and attempted to flee.
The prisoner had a handcuff attached to his right hand and was seemingly urging ranks not to cuff the other.
As they tried to cuff him, Smith wrestled with them and tried to run away. The two ranks, who responded immediately, snatched him and were soon joined by others who suppressed him.
Smith was placed into the court lockups and later taken to the Georgetown prisons.
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