Sophia teen, Anthony Patterson, who in December admitted to carrying out an armed robbery and was sentenced to two years in prison, was yesterday convicted on another count of the charge.
As a result, an additional two-year sentence, which will run concurrently with the other, was handed down by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after Patterson expressed his desire to change his plea. The defendant’s guilty plea came yesterday near the end of his trial, when time came for him to lead his defence.
Patterson was on trial for a charge stating that on November 10, at Lot 6 Craig Street, Campbellville, he broke and entered the house of Dexter Duncan and stole a quantity of clothing, seven pairs of sneakers, food, a percolator, a toaster, a Sony DVD player and two speakers, valued at $211,000 in total.
When Patterson appeared before the court in December, he had also been read another charge, which stated that on December 3, while being armed with a cutlass, he robbed Akeem Harry of a cellphone, valued $65,000, at Lot 6 Craig Street, Campbellville.
Patterson, 19, of Red Road, Sophia, had denied robbing Duncan but pleaded guilty to robbing Harry, earning a two-year sentence from the Chief Magistrate.
