SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued.
They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week."They’re two young people who have never been in trouble before," he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "This is the first time they’ve had interaction with police, the courts, prison."Mack, who is enrolled as a pre-med.