Moments after being sentenced to nine months in Dodds Prison for stealing thousands of dollars in cash and property from a tourist, James Jonah Josiah Sandiford struggled with police officers as they escorted him from a Bridgetown Magistrates Court.

Before the doors of the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates Court fully closed behind him following his sentence, the 35-year-old, who has no fixed place of abode, began loudly protesting the jail term and tried to pull away from the officers. He kept complaining as they quickly took him to the cells.

Sandiford admitted to stealing a BDS$500 bag, a US passport worth US$150, 12 keys valued at BDS$60, a Barbados driver’s licence worth BDS$125, US$850 in cash, BDS$1 200 in cash, three lip balms valued at BDS$15 and a pair of earphones worth US$60, all belonging to Caleb Applewhaite, as well as a key fob valued at BDS$1 000 belonging to Go Car Investment Limited. The total value was BDS$5 020. He also admitted to assaulting Applewhaite, with both offences occurring on August 19.