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Georgia teen jailed in Cayman Islands for violating COVID-19 protocol By CNN Staff | December 22, 2020 at 4:57 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 5:54 PM
(CNN) - A U.S. college student and her boyfriend are in prison in the Cayman Islands after violating COVID-19 protocols.
Skylar Mack, 18, is a pre-med major at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
Her grandmother says she visited the Cayman Islands last month and was supposed to isolate for two weeks.
Instead, she attended her boyfriend’s jet ski competition a few days later. Attendees reported Mack and she was arrested.
Mack initially faced community service and a fine, but according to a local newspaper, a prosecutor appealed for a stricter sentence.
Mack, who is enrolled as a pre-med student at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, arrived in the Cayman Islands on Nov. 27 and was supposed to undergo a two-week quarantine as mandated by the government, which electronically tracks anyone who arrives in the British Caribbean territory. However, she broke quarantine on Nov. 29 when her boyfriend picked her up to attend a water sports event, Skylar s attorney Jonathon Hughes said last week.
After their arrest, a judge ruled the couple had to provide 40 hours of community service and pay a $4,400 fine. In addition, Ramgeet was ordered to a two-month curfew that would start at 7 p.m. But the prosecution appealed, arguing the punishment was unduly lenient and would not deter other possible violators. A higher court decided in favor of prosecutors, ruling on Dec. 15 that the couple be imprisoned immediately.
Sentence Reduced for US College Student Jailed in Cayman Islands By Rachel Tillman and Associated Press International PUBLISHED 1:45 PM ET Dec. 22, 2020 PUBLISHED December 22, 2020 @1:45 PM
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A US college student and her boyfriend have reportedly been ordered to serve two months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures Tuesday, down from a judge’s previous ruling of a four-month sentence.
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Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, are in prison after breaking strict COVID-19 quarantine measures
On Tuesday, a judge reduced their sentences from four months to two months in prison
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.
Skylar Mack, 18, of Loganville, Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week.
“They’re two young people who have never been in trouble before,” he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “This is the first time they’ve had interaction with police, the courts, prison.”