By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
TWO women, who pleaded guilty in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court to overstaying their time in the Bahamas, will have to pay a $1,000 fine and were ordered to leave the country by Friday.
Mary Delice, 55, and her daughter Teffany Delice, 33, both of St Lucia, appeared before Magistrate Charlton Smith on May 31.
The women were charged with overstaying contrary to Section 28(1) & (3) of the Immigration Act, Chapter 191.
According to the particulars, the Delices were granted visitors’ status in 2014 on their arrival in the country. It is alleged that the women were found in Freeport in May 2018 after overstaying their time in the Bahamas by some three-and-a half years.
The mother and daughter were represented by Wendell Smith, Jr. They pleaded guilty and were given a conditional discharge.
The charge on summary conviction carries a penalty of a $3,000 fine or two years imprisonment, or both.
Magistrate Smith ordered the women to pay a $1,000 fine, surrender their travel documents to the Immigration Department, and leave the country by June 15.
The judge told the accused that once they comply with the court’s order, they would be granted an absolute discharge. A status hearing was set down for June 14.
Meanwhile American Stephen Logan, 33, was charged with harbouring the two women.
It is alleged that on May 31, 2018 while at his apartment at Suffolk Court, with deliberate intent to evade apprehension by the Department of Immigration, Mr Logan knowingly harboured Mary and Teffany Delice.
The charge carries a penalty of up to $10,000 or up to five years imprisonment, or both.
Wendell Smith represented Logan, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Magistrate Smith granted him an absolute discharge.
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