A man implicated in the theft of a high-end cellphone owned by Jamaica Public Service CEO Kelly Tomblin was slapped with a 30-month prison sentence, while his co-accused walked out of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court a free woman last Wednesday.

Damion Palmer, also known as Kedon, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property.

The court heard that the accused man was in possession of the Samsung S5 cellular phone, valued $90,000, and sold it to co-accused Alecia Smith for $25,000.

The phone was stolen from Tomblin on March 8, approximately 5:15 pm by two men on a bike.

Smith, a bartender, was held at her workplace after the police tracked the phone to her.

Palmer, who was previously convicted of a similar offence, told the court that he did not steal the phone, but was guilty of buying it.

“Mi guilty for buying it and trying to get a five or six thousand offa it,” he said.

“What time of day you bought the phone?” Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked.

“Same evening after five,” Palmer replied.

Smith told the court that she bought the phone from two men after six o’clock the same evening.

Palmer was subsequently sentenced and a no further evidence offered against Smith.

— Racquel Porter