On Friday, 5 May 2023, Mazenga John, 43 years old, of Duquesne, St Mark, was committed to His Majesty’s Prisons to serve a term of 11 months and 7 days for non-payment of a fine, after having been convicted for the offence of Violation of Privacy.
John, convicted in February 2020 at Gouyave Magistrate Court, was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 by February 2023 or spend one year in prison. Up to the time of her imprisonment, she had paid only $600.
Violation of Privacy is a very serious offence, the maximum penalty for which is a fine of $200,000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both fine and imprisonment.
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I hope to hear more from the learned judge on this very serious and sad matter
Richmond Hill pretty full already.
This is incredible.I should like to see the written judgment of the court.Was this in the Magistrate’s Court….Shades of Little Dorrit – debtors prison.