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Myers falls from his wheelchair as he made his way from the court to a police vehicle for transportation to prison on Tuesday. Prisons authorities later said they were not equipped to house him (iWN photo)

Prisons ‘refuse’ double amputee inmate

The double amputee who was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison for stabbing his wife in the chest will have to serve his sentence elsewhere. iWitness News was reliably informed…

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Andrew Myers of Buccament Bay leaves the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court in his wheelchair for prison in May 2018. (iWN photo)

Double amputee jailed for stabbing wife

A 54-year-old double amputee who, on Saturday, asked a former prisoner about life in prison, found out on Tuesday when he was jailed for four years. The fact that Andrew Myers has no…

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