18-year-old student from the United States, violating quarantine sat in prison
College student in Georgia, which violated the rules of the quarantine in the Cayman Islands, received a prison sentence of 2 months.
Skylar Mack (Skylar Mack) I decided to visit her boyfriend Vanj Rangita, but her actions violated strict quarantine measures Islands. In the end she was sentenced to 4 months in jail, but later the sentence was commuted.
The girl got the time for what went to see the performance of your boyfriend on the competition water ski, not after waiting for the required 14-day quarantine. On Tuesday, a week after she was sentenced, the court of appeal of the Cayman Islands has reduced her sentence to two months.
Guy poppy, 24-year-old Vanja Samhita also initially sentenced to four months imprisonment, because he drove the girl to take her to the competition, and thereby helped her to violate quarantine measures that local authorities have established in connection with the pandemic coronavirus. His term has also been halved.
According to the lawyer of the poppy and they hoped that time the girls will be cut even more, and she will be able to go back to College in January. Mac arrived in the Cayman Islands on 27 November and had to wait 14 days in quarantine. However, after only two days she was tested for COVID-19, convinced that he is negative, and left the insulation, leaving a tracking device at home.
Mac and Ramhit first sanctioned for violation of isolation on the small British territory in the Caribbean. The island has established strict rules to contain the virus, and with the start of the pandemic there were 311 cases and two deaths from the virus. The island is home to about 64,000 inhabitants.
Just a day before the pair went to the competition, the government changed the penalties for violation of isolation with imprisonment up to one year and/or fine of 1,000 dollars to two years in prison and/or fines of up to $ 10,000.
First, a couple was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and fined $ 2600, but the Prosecutor called the punishment is too soft. During sentencing on December 15, the judge said the pair violated quarantine measures because of their "selfishness and arrogance". According to police, the seven hours that Mack spent at the event, she wore a mask and didn't observe social distance.
Before the court of appeal ruled, grandma poppy even appealed to President Trump to intervene.
Keywords: Americans | Quarantined | The sentence | The Student prison