The man accused of killing two US missionaries was today sentenced to 12-months imprisonment for escaping custody.
Twenty-five-year-old Dwight Henry, alias ‘Duggie, Chin or Chino’ pleaded guilty in the St Mary Parish Court (Thursday, Feb. 2) to the charge of escaping custody.
The murder charge on which he is jointly before the court with another man will be heard at a later date.
Henry was caught by the police in Annotto Bay in the parish on Thursday night, January 26 after escaping custody on Wednesday, January 4.
Henry was charged last year, along with Andre Thomas for killing of two US missionaries — 48-year-old, Randy Hentzel, and 53-year-year old Harold Nichols — on April 30, 2016.
Henry was also pleaded on Thursday to charges of simple larceny as he is alleged to have stolen a pair of handcuffs valued at $4,000. Henry said he was not guilty. That matter is to be mentioned on February 16.
Senior parish judge Yvette Wentworth-Miller sentenced Henry to 12-months imprisonment at hard labour for escaping custody.
Meanwhile, in relation to the murder charge where Henry is jointly charged with Andre Thomas a date is to be set for February 16.
See more details in next issue of the North Coast Times.
