The Tribune

By FARRAH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

fjohnson@tribunemedia.net

A WOMAN who is on probation for abducting four boys was yesterday placed on probation for yet another offence after she admitted threatening to kill another woman while they were both in police custody earlier this year.

In July, a Supreme Court judge sentenced De’Edra Gibson to three years probation for abducting four boys and attempting to kidnap a fifth boy back in 2019.

She received the sentence as part of a plea deal when she pleaded guilty to four counts of child stealing and a single count of attempted child stealing during her trial before Senior Justice Bernard Turner.

Yesterday, Gibson found herself back in Magistrate’s Court, this time for making death threats towards another woman while both of them were in custody on April 3.

She owned up to the offence during her arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.

The court was told that both Gibson and the complainant were at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services at the time of the incident. The prosecution said that around 12.50pm on the day in question, the woman had an argument with Gibson and Gibson threatened to kill her during the disagreement, which made her fear for her life.

Yesterday, Gibson’s attorney told the magistrate the incident stemmed from a “number of other matters”. He also asked the court to note that his client “did not have the requisite intent at that particular time”.

After listening to his plea in mitigation, Magistrate McKinney accepted Gibson’s guilty plea and placed her on 18 months’ probation. He told her if she was convicted of another offence within that time, she would be remanded for six months.