24-year-old Russell James, a resident of Belize City, is spending his second night of a 5 year prison sentence after he was convicted of attempted robbery in Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Viewers may remember Douglas Young, the owner of the Blue Marlin Restaurant, who spoke to us in April explaining that his establishment was targeted by 2 armed masked men.
According to him, these men rushed in, but his son was alert to what was happening. Young said that his son wrestled with one of the men, while he pulled his licensed weapon.
This caused the men to try to flee on bicycle, but Young jumped in his vehicle and knocked one of the assailants down before he could get away.
Police detained that man, who was identified as Russell James, and after he recovered from the injuries he sustained from that accident, they charged him with attempted robbery.
When he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith, he wasted no time and pleaded guilty to the charge.
Chief Magistrate Smith handed him a stiff sentence of 5 years in prison because he had a previous conviction for a violent offence, which was an aggravating factor against him.
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