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REGGAE artiste Buju Banton was today sentenced to 10 years by United States magistrate Jim Moody in the Sam M Gibbons US Court in Tampa

Florida. He will be incarcerated at the FCI prison facility in Miami.

The artiste – real name Mark Myrie – was found guilty in February of conspiring to negotiate a drug deal in a police controlled warehouse in Florida.

The charge of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense was dropped however.

The artiste was slapped with the heavy sentence despite pleas for leniency by his attorney, his children, movie star Danny Glover and other character witnesses.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, seemed resigned to accept his fate and calmy accepted the verdict.

His attorney David Oscar Markus has signalled his intent to appeal Banton's guilty verdict and indicated that he would move with alacrity to secure the artiste's release.

The sentence was handed down in front of a packed courthouse which included members of the artiste's family, his close friend Wayne Wonder, his manager Traci McGregor and reporters.

Many persons, including artistes and Banton's close friends Gramps Morgan and Delly Ranks who came to hear the verdict were turned back after court officials indicated that the courtroom was packed and Moody had already been seated at minutes to 9:00 am.

The sentencing hearing lasted just over an hour and many of Myrie's supporters and family members cried openly.

The artiste will serve his time at the penal facility in the state of Florida.
Myrie underwent two trials after the first trial ended in a mistrial in 2010. He was however found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilogrammes of cocaine, using the wires to facilitate a drug offense and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offence.

Banton's two co-conspirators, Ian Thomas and James Mack both plead guilty after they were held in a sting operation attempting to purchase cocaine from federal agents in a police controlled warehouse in Tampa.

The US government built their case around wiretap and video evidence which caught Banton tasting cocaine and making several statements of the purchasee and sale of large amounts of contraband.


Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Buju-gets-10-years#ixzz1Q8PJASKg

denzel2009:
Bros tell me the name of the restaurant I need to do extended Bible reading on sunday  

Embassy Restaurant
78 Blackheath Road
London
SE10 8DA

^^^^^yea me

Wallie:
Most people are just wasteful, period! In my house, all the lights stay turned-on until I turn them off. I keep telling them that I neither have stocks in the local power company nor do I know the owner! Here are examples:
1. Taking stuff out of the fridge and leaving it wide open while walking away because they’re not done. I stopped complaining and just close it myself.
2. Leaving the TV on downstairs with nobody there while watching another upstairs.
3. Leaving the light on in the whole house (3 floors) including the basement.
4. Manually cranking up the central heating during winter and walking around the house in shorts and tank tops! It is WINTER! If it gets so hot in the house that you have to wear a tank top then the heater setting is too high! You should be walking around in sweat pants and top.
5. Turning on all the lights in a bathroom and leaving it on when done! The smallest bathroom has 4 bulbs and the largest 10.
6. Wasting food. This gets to me. My rule is, you can eat whatever you want but once you serve yourself, you sure as hell better finish it!

haha

i know a naija restaurant that does buffet every Sunday and if you waste their food they charge you 5 pounds

ewwwwwwwwww

;d ;d ;d

snowdrops:
I am still baffled as to why you started this thread in the first place. What sort of advice are you expecting from guys here? You sound confused.

.com

@ op

don't even know what to tell you

you said he is not cheating so the only thing i can say is maybe a pastor told him to hide his toothbrush away from you

.

Hi,

need a return ticket from London - Lagos

july 4th - july 17th

2 tickets

tru2u:
Phymba, i see strength where others see weakness. kudos to her for confessing and more kudos
2u for the forgiveness. it is not a weakness pls,pls. it only shows what real love/care is.
I hope our men here will read and learn. Your reaction is rare and commendable. But if she still behaves
crazy, maybe it's now spiritual which she will regret, trust me, it happened to my sis.
Take heart and go get her.

are you HIGH

Smile

snowdrops:
you are right. i have some at home, they are more expensive, but last for years and hardly consume electricity.

i get that from EDF for free. . . . don't know why but they post them to me every yr

snowdrops:
how can you generalized based on your experience at two nigerian homes.

thank you

i can't sleep without light even when i go bck home i run gen 24hrs

btw pple turn off lights at house parties. . . . thats not new except if you don't want to grab a chicks a3s

a lot goes on wen its dark at a party. . . . trust me on this one

kbdrim:
there was even a pack of cigarettes on the list for a friend of a friend that married an ibo girl, what for?

hehehehehe

I see

N1500 plus endless LIST

from live goat to chicken, suitcase with clothes, drinks and the list goes on

In any game, there is bound to be a loser and a winner.

Probably, two friends, Ismail Adeniyi (23) and Olu Afolabi, did not realise this when they settled down to play ludo, an indoor game on Sunday.

After rounds of game, PUNCH METRO learnt that the two friends had a disagreement, which degenerated into a fisticuffs resulting in the death of
18-year-old Afolabi.

It was learnt that Adeniyi stabbed Afolabi to death with a broken bottle.

Narrating his ordeal in tears, Adeniyi said, "Around 7.30am on Sunday,

Afolabi and I were playing a game of ludo. Afolabi, who lost the game,became angry and began to insult me. The argument escalated and he punched me in the mouth before breaking a bottle and threatening to stab me.

"Immediately, I went to get a broken bottle and as we began to fight, I stabbed him in the chest.

When I discovered the extent of his injury, I went to get help but unfortunately, he died."

Adeniyi told PUNCH METRO that he and Afolabi were co-workers in a painting workshop and had been friends for years, adding that he did not know that what started as an altercation would lead to his friend's death.

He said, "This act was the handiwork of the devil. I have never commited any crime before.

If the police can pardon me and if the deceased's family can drop all charges against me, I promise never to kill again.

"In fact, I promise to take care of Afolabi's parents as an act of contrition. I will remain indebted to his family forever."

Afolabi, who denied being under the influence of any substance, said his mother had being hospitalised ever since his arrest.

"My mother fainted immediately she heard that I had killed Afolabi. My father is late and because we are poor, my mother was not able to send me to school.

If I go to prison, she will not recover from the shock of my being jailed. I pray that God sees me through this," he added.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, said the incident happened on June 19, 2011, at 33, Omidiji Street Okeodo in Lagos, adding that "Adeniyi stabbed Afolabi to death in a fight.

Afolabi was later rushed to Isolo General Hospital where he gave up the ghost."

"Meanwhile, Adeniyi has committed murder and will be charged for it.

I use this medium to appeal to parents and guardians to warn their children and wards to be of good behaviour and not to foment trouble as whoever foments trouble in any area will be sanctioned."

you have NANA x3 on that list

same person or mistake

^^^^^of cus its not free

what do you think this is CHARITY event

so are you telling us that you can't even pay for any of these girls dinner

Happy father's day

bros confirm me now haba

i go come CONFIRMED

Interested

I am coming but not available in july

born2fuck:
As we have Madmen, We have Madwomen too

born2fuck:
at 27,I have bleeped over 100 women and someone claiming 29 and a virgin. God must be wonderful

190:
hope u know ure not going there without me

hahaha

well it depends on the date

cus i am getting rdy to jet off to naija

yes boss

date pls

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