Second escapee to serve extra two weeks on seven-month sentence since she failed to surrender, magistrate rules

The second Jamaican woman has been sentenced for escaping the
custody of the Immigration Department, and has received two more
weeks than her counterpart.

Donnallee Samantha Salmon, 23, was sentenced to seven months
and two weeks in prison, on Thursday, February 1, in the All Saints
Magistrates Court.  

Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel took into account the fact that Salmon
had been on the run for over a week and had failed to surrender.
Therefore, State resources had been deployed to find her.

This was the basis on which she received the additional two weeks
on the seven-month sentence.

The young woman was captured by the Police on Tuesday night,
January 30, in the Crosbies area. She was subsequently taken before
the court after being charged with escaping lawful custody – a
charge to which she admitted.

Allegations are that after Salmon and another Jamaican, Tiffanie
Stephanie Howell, arrived in Antigua, Immigration officials flagged
them because they did not have return tickets.

They were denied entry because of this and were set to be sent back
to their native Jamaica on the next available flight.

Salmon, a student, and Howell, 30, a hairdresser, were being housed
at the Immigration Detention Centre at Coolidge when they escaped
by breaking a window on January 20.

After serving their respective sentences, both women face
deportation from the country.