The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

THE fate of a man who admitted to causing $1.2 million worth of damage to the new airport road was expected to be decided yesterday in Magistrates Court.

However, a personal matter resulted in the absence of the court stenographer and Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt said she would not give the ruling without the court reporter in attendance.

The decision means that Thomas Alexander Rigby, 53, will have to return on Wednesday, December 18, to learn his sentence.

The Watling Street resident was charged with intentionally damaging 8,700 feet of surface material valued at $1,211,396.67, the property of the Bahamas government, between July 6 and July 12.

He pleaded not guilty on July 18 and was denied bail after the prosecution objected “in the best interest of the public”.

However, on his return to court on August 8, ahead of his September 16 trial, Rigby pleaded guilty to the charge and said he was aware that what he did was wrong and that he caused embarrassment for the government.