Twenty-nine year old Shadene Farrell of Lowmans Leeward sentenced to one year on prison for impeding the apprehension of escape prisoners Veron Primus and Ulric Hanson.
Primus and Hanson were discovered missing from the prison facility in capital Kingstown at about 6 a.m on Wednesday 9th December, 2020.
Farrel was charged that between December 9th and 10th at Lowmans Leeward, knowing Primus and Hanson to be guilty of escaping lawful custody, she without lawful authority and reasonable excuse did an act to impede their apprehension or prosecution.
Farrel pleaded guilty to the charge this morning, Friday, when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett at the Kingstown Magistrate Court.
The escaped prisoners were arrested at Farrel’s home Thursday morning.
Hanson was shot but Primus, who previously escaped between September 30th and October 1st last year and was serving sentence of 16 months for the crime, was not hurt.
Both men are awaiting trial for separate murders.