Earl Melville, the prisoner who it is suspected drank a quantity of formalin on Friday last, was yesterday sentenced to a period of four years imprisonment after Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry found him guilty on a drug related charge.
Melville was found guilty of trafficking in narcotics by Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday last and was awaiting sentence when he ingested the poisonous substance while in the holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
When he appeared at court yesterday, the magistrate told the