Two Jamaican ladies are dealing with authorized repercussions and deportation following an altercation with an immigration officer at VC Fowl Worldwide Airport on September 1.
Alicia Ricketts, who, alongside along with her buddy, was being denied re-entry into Antigua, assaulted the officer by kicking her within the chest. Ricketts was additionally charged with malicious harm for tearing the officer’s uniform and for resisting arrest.
Showing in All Saints Courtroom earlier than Justice of the Peace Ngaio Emanuel on Wednesday, Ricketts pleaded responsible to all fees. She was fined $400 for battery, with the choice of seven days in jail if unpaid, and was reprimanded and discharged for the malicious harm. Moreover, she obtained a $500 effective for resisting arrest, with one other seven-day jail sentence if the effective just isn’t paid.
Her companion, Renea Nelson, was fined $250 for disorderly conduct as a consequence of extreme noise, with a three-day imprisonment time period if the effective goes unpaid.
Following the court docket listening to, immigration officers ordered the deportation of each ladies, who’re scheduled to return to Jamaica on Sunday.
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In a separate incident, 62-year-old Jamaican Corrol Lee Gayle was additionally deported from Antigua. Gayle, who arrived by boat with out authorization, was charged with illegal entry, getting into by way of an undesignated port, and failure to current himself to immigration authorities. He had overstayed his allow, which expired in December 2018.
Gayle pleaded responsible to all fees, was reprimanded and discharged, however was ordered deported on the request of immigration officers. He was detained in a single day and left Antigua the subsequent day.
