By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN lost his appeal against his six-year prison sentence for a string of armed robberies committed between 2017 and 2020.
Letero Pyfrom, 30, had his appeal dismissed by Justices of Appeal Indra Charles, Gregory Smith and Deborah Fraser. He was convicted of multiple armed robberies, as well as possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition and receiving.
Pyfrom argued that time spent on remand was not taken into account as part of his plea agreement.
After reviewing the sentencing transcripts, the Court of Appeal found it was expressly stated that time on remand would not be deducted from his sentence. The justices said the terms of the agreement were fully explained to him and that he entered into it voluntarily.
The court rejected the appeal, ruling that it had no realistic prospect of success.
In November 2023, Pyfrom and Ashley Minnis, 34, were sentenced by Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns.
On April 29, 2017, Pyfrom and an accomplice reportedly held Dario Williams and Shawn Moxey at gunpoint at Fritz Lane. Pyfrom was said to have stolen a $2,200 Rolex, a $50,000 Rolex Presidential watch, a $600 Samsung phone and $7,400 in cash.
He was arrested later that night during an armed confrontation in which he was shot in the left thigh.
On July 2, 2020, Minnis reportedly robbed Phoenix Foodstore cashier Marlene Pierre of $3,300 in cash. On July 16, 2020, Minnis and Pyfrom, armed with a .380 pistol, robbed Derick Hepburn of $544.90 in cash belonging to Coca-Cola.
Both men were sentenced to six years in prison. Only Minnis’ time on remand will be deducted from his sentence. Pyfrom will be placed on one year’s probation upon his release; breaching that order would result in an additional two-year sentence.
Shaneka Carey appeared for the prosecution.
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