Nigel Massicot, who is well known by law enforcement, was on December 18, 2012 sentenced to 9 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to stealing a laptop.
He was sent to the slammer despite his pleas that he wants to spend Christmas at home.
It is reported that he stole the item from a Haitian national who lives in Bath Estate.
Court documents show that in the wee hours of December 1, 2012, the complainant was awakened to noise and he saw a hand pulling the computer through a window. Massicot was chased but he managed to escape. He was later found in some flowers but managed to run away, dropping the laptop in the process.
The lap top was found but it was permanently damaged.
The police were called and 15 days later Massicot was arrested. He admitted to the crime and said he was “sorry”. “I am sorry for my actions, is long time I doh spend a Christmas out of prison and don’t want to return there,” he told the police.
In a mitigating plea his lawyer, Bernadette Lambert, asked the court not to impose a custodial sentence on him. “He is remorseful for his actions and is trying to turn his life around, he has not wasted the court’s time, he is the sole provider for his 14-year-old daughter. Your Honour it’s the time of giving and joy, he is begging for mercy from the court,” Lambert stated passionately.
But her pleas fell on deaf ears as magistrate Candia Carette-George, while admitting to the passionate pleas, said that Massicot was “not learning”. “You were on the verge on spending Christmas out of prison but you messed it up … you have yourself to blame for spending yet another Christmas in prison,” she said.
She also spoke of the “high prevalence of theft” and said she had a right to protect the society. “Theft is on the rise and every day … it is growing and is on top of arrest matters before the court,” she said.
Only in May this year the Court of Appeal freed Massicot after he was jailed for another case of theft. They viewed his sentence as “excessive” and treated his time of incarceration as “time spent” and released him.
Sorry do not cut it. If you did not want to spend Christmas in prison you should not have done what you did to get you there. Shame on you, you should have thought of your daughter.
How remorseful can one be if that person continues that pattern of theft. Trying to turn his life around? what does that mean? Of course he has wasted the court’s time. When is he going to stop? Oh year, it is the time of giving and joy, not the time for stealing and hope not to get caught.
I wish his daughter well, and hope she do not follow his path.
Are you kidding? People should not steal from each other anyway, but I do not think anyone steals more than these people.
MR lie. He wanted to go prison for the Christmas. It’s the only reason he stole dem people laptop.
Dem wassssss Massicott there just putting our family in shame??
Gartay Wassssssssss that
He is a chronic thief and he asks for mercy? How can the magistrate believe his remorse? He could have been sentenced for one year. He needs counseling and rehabilitation to curb his thievery ways. What will he do when he completes his sentence and is released? Will he return to his old ways and then be imprisoned again? The cycle will continue. Something should be done about him. Dominica should have a rehab centre to assist those criminals.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” They primarily are in need of the blessing and grace of God. Give them Jesus while they are in prison and hope they will change, worship God and pray to Him. In the long run they will be happy and peaceful people and free of theft.
lolll.@that lawyer..i am surprised d.n.o.didnt have a hand stretching through a window
Bwoy mister rederded, so he accoustome of spending christmas in prison n he stealing a laptop 4 him 2 go bak?!!! my bro dat’s ur x-mas present. according to Santa, Ho Ho Ho MERRY CHRISTMAS. How will Massicot get there? Answer: Behind a pow-pow van. I say the po-pow go b knocking at ur Door Door. Door door door. oh 2 words,Merry Christmas.
the boy made it home for christmas. that is the place for real ham (pork)
LOL!
“Your Honour it’s the time of giving and joy,…”
Now that is a lawyer working hard for her money.
send him jail.thats his house.
Thank Goodness.. finally, there will be peace for Christmas. That boy too thief and he never learning a lesson. He talk a good talk but thief a good thief. Let there be Peace in the neighborhood.
DNO almost gave me heart attack..you see that same name thing? Good thing Nigel far away in ‘merica….hmm
hmmm me too wee …… I there going crazy!! Who is that massicott there non?
The court gave him one punishment, but de Haitian will fix him further with a piece of Obeah. Stealing from Haitians.!!! Oh boy!
Security guards, when Nigel starts to see little men in de jail, and he starts to bawl, just run!
Whoy all u killing me. Is the same thing i say haitian u playing with?
D/Cans really something else. Calling Haitians this and that, belittling them. Then volehing there things they work hard and toil for. I does see them eno, Guys by the side of the road smoking there marijuana there face doh even well wash for the morning and when they see a Haitians saying racial slurs like, “A Haitian u BE!” but they better of than some of them tan.
D/Cans really something else. Calling Haitians this and that, belittling them.
hmmmm
boujai!
Boy see them D/Cans… That’s low, All you saying Haitians these Haitians that Insulting and belittling them… Apparently Haitian better of than some people if is their laptop they have to go and voleh. SHAME!
stupes…