A 62-year-old almost joined his son in prison. Police arrested Wayne Clarke Sr after he tossed four packs of cigarettes to Wayne Clarke Jr, an inmate on a work gang at Government House.
Wayne Clarke Sr. admitted a charge of interference with a prisoner at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Tuesday, March 3.
Officers on mobile patrol kept an eye on Clarke when they saw him walking near Government House.
The watched as he threw a plastic bag over the wall of the official residence to the Governor General on February 24.
His son ran to retrieve the bag with the cigarettes, the court heard.
The security breach happened less than a year after Petty Officer Percival Perpall was murdered while on duty at Government House.
McKinney said this made Clarke’s crime even more serious.
Clarke was fined $500 or three months in prison.
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