FREEPORT, The Bahamas (CMC) – Two Jamaican ladies are going through deportation from The Bahamas after admitting to prostitution prices in a Freeport courtroom. Mikaela Selena Jacas, 28, and Toshema Tana Lee Steer, 31, appeared earlier than Justice of the Peace LaQuay Laing within the Freeport Justice of the Peace’s Court docket.
The ladies had been apprehended by immigration officers on April 30 at totally different areas inside Freeport. Throughout their courtroom look, each Jacas and Steer expressed regret for his or her actions, apologizing to the courtroom for the embarrassment they’d introduced upon themselves, their house nation of Jamaica, and The Bahamas.
They pleaded with the Justice of the Peace for leniency.
Nevertheless, Justice of the Peace Laing emphasised the seriousness and unacceptability of their actions, imposing a advantageous of US$500 on every girl. The Justice of the Peace additional acknowledged that failure to pay the advantageous would lead to a six-month jail sentence.
Following the fee of the fines or the completion of any custodial sentence, Jacas and Steer had been knowledgeable that they might be handed over to immigration authorities for deportation proceedings.
