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Prison For Purse Snatcher
posted (September 1, 2014)
21 year-old Kenrick Longsworth, a Castle Street resident, is spending his first night of a 6-month sentence after he was convicted of theft in a trial before the Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith.

The complainant, Sherlett Lamb, testified that on September 23, 2013, she was at a shop on Freetown Road, and she noticed Longsworth monitoring her. She said that she took her purse out of a plastic bag, placed into the basket on her bike, and rode off. Lamb said that while she was on her way, she noticed Longsworth following her. Before she could react, Longsworth snatched her bag out of the basket and ran off.

In his defence, he denied that he committed the offence.

After careful consideration, the Chief Magistrate found him guilty and sentenced him to spend 6 months in prison.

Longsworth is the son of Lavern "Antichrist" Longsworth, who was convicted of murder, which was later reduced to manslaughter in the Court of Appeal earlier this year.

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