Jamaican Dean George Scott is a free man.
The Barbados Court of Appeal today allowed the appeal brought by the Jamaican visitor through his attorneys Andrew Pilgrim Q.C. and Michelle Russell.
Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham in handing down the ruling said Scott should be freed by the prison once all health protocols are satisfied.
The 49-year-old has spent two months at HMP Dodds which a panel of Appeal judges including Madam Justice Margaret Reifer and Justice Rejendra Narine deemed to be time served.
Scott had been sentenced to six months in prison by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes last December after he was unable to pay a $6 000 fine following a guilty plea to contravening Paragraph 14 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew (No.4) Directive 2020.
He had left quarantine at the St Lucy District Hospital without reasonable explanation.
He told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court back then that he left the premises on December 7, 2020, to purchase “Fanta and other stuff” at a shop.
