NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 26, CMC – A High Court judge has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 14 years in jail after he was found guilty of the 2021 armed robbery of a former legislator and his wife.
Justice Neil Brathwaite handed down the sentence on Brenville Hanna, who showed no reaction. His attorney, Marianne Cadet asked the judge to make an order for her client to keep his dreadlocks because of his Rastafarian faith.
But the judge responded by saying that he did not have the authority to do so.
The court heard that on August 13, 2021, Reuben Rahming, who was then the Free National Movement (FNM) member of Parliament for Pinewood, had pulled up to his home in Yamacraw Estates after attending a constituency meeting.
Two gunmen ordered him out of his car and forced him to lay on the ground, robbing him of his watch, cellphone, and US$300.
Rahming’s wife, Natasha, pulled up a short time later and the robbers held her up at gunpoint and forced her onto the ground. She was robbed of her phone, wallet and US$185 and other personal belongings.
Police later recovered Mrs. Rahming’s bag and cellphone in the garbage in the front of Hanna’s apartment.
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