Georgia college student jailed in Cayman Islands for violating its COVID-19-related restrictions [View all]

A Mercer University student from Loganville and her boyfriend are facing four months in a Cayman Islands prison for violating public health rules put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Cayman News Service reported Skylar Mack, 18, and competitive Jet Ski rider, and Cayman Islands native, Vanjae “VJ” Ramgeet, 24, were initially sentenced by a magistrate judge to serve 40 hours of community service.

Officials in the Cayman Islands government appealed that sentence, which resulted in another judge, from the island nation's Grand Court, overturning it and sentencing the pair to spend four months in prison.

The Cayman News Service described Mack as being a "medical student in the U.S." The incident which landed her and her boyfriend in prison reportedly stems from her attendance at a jet ski competition that Ramgeet was participating in.

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