Inspector Chris Martinez was sentenced to 5 months in jail for wounding and today the High Court heard the appeal of that judgement from the chief Magistrate.
It dismissed the appeal and a request for a stay of execution on the judgment wasn't even heard.
That means Martinez will have to spend his remaining 3 months behind bars for a wounding conviction.
Justice Candace Nanton in her decision said she found nothing wrong with the Magistrate's sentence; she also said she didn't find the sentence handed down to be shocking to Belizeans; she also said Inspector Martinez should consider himself lucky on appeal since on appeal there is the possibility that sentence can increase as well as decease, and he got 5 months and not a year.
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Inspector Chris Martinez was sentenced to 5 months in jail for wounding and today the High Court heard the appeal of that judgement from the chief Magistrate.