Though facing sentencing after being found guilty of threatening and beating his sister-in-law, Samuel Hinds Jnr received another stay yesterday when the prosecution secured an adjournment after indicating that it needed more time to seek further advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as to how to proceed in the case.
Hinds Jnr, son of Prime Minster Samuel Hinds, was found guilty by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond of beating his sister-in-law, Tenza Lane, with a cane and threatening her with a gun on February 27, last year, at his Lot 83 Duke Street, Kingston, home.
After Hinds Jnr’s conviction, Magistrate Chandan-Edmond had set February 20 for sentencing, pending the