By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO men were sentenced to six years in prison as part of a plea agreement for a string of armed robberies that occurred from 2017 to 2020.
Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns sentenced Ashley Minnis, 32, and Letero Pyfrom, 28, for numerous armed robbery charges after the pair accepted a plea agreement.
David Cash represented Minnis. Cassie Bethell represented Pyfrom.
Pyfrom and an accomplice reportedly held Dario Williams and Shawn Moxey at gunpoint at Fritz Lane on April 29, 2017. Pyfrom is said to have stolen a $2,200 Rolex, a $50,000 Rolex Presidential watch, a $600 Samsung Phone and $7,400 in cash from the two men.
Pyfrom was arrested later that night during an armed confrontation in which he was shot in his left thigh.
Minnis reportedly held up Phoenix Foodstore and robbed cashier Marlene Pierre of $3,300 in cash on July 2, 2020.
Both Minnis and Pyfrom, armed with a .380 pistol, robbed cashier Derick Hepburn of $544.90 in cash belonging to Coca-Cola on July 16, 2020.
Following their guilty pleas, the defence counsels submitted that both their clients had spared the court a trial and were remorseful for their actions. In addition to saying that both men are the fathers of young children, they said the defendants were actively pursuing legitimate work to put behind their lives of crime.
They asked that Minnis be enrolled in kitchen and carpentry courses and Pyfrom in electrician courses while at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
Both men were sentenced to six years in prison, but only Minnis’ time in remand will be deducted from his sentence. Pyfrom will be placed on one-year probation upon his release; defaulting would carry an additional two-year sentence.
Both defendants must be enrolled in their desired courses in prison.
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