A Devonshire man was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to shop-breaking, housebreaking and robbery.

Ishmael Greg Makaya Lightbourne, 23, gave a full confession of his crimes to Police and did not attempt to argue his way into a lighter sentence when he appeared before Acting Justice Archie Warner, last Friday afternoon.

Lightbourne, of Middle Road in Devonshire, was arrested on July 4 after he and another man robbed a cyclist. The victim was driving along South Shore Road in Smith?s on June 23 when he spotted Lightbourne and a crowd of men standing at a bus stop near the junction with Collector?s Hill.

Lightbourne shouted to the victim but he drove on, prompting Lightbourne and another man to get on a bike and follow him. Lightbourne was driving.

They harassed the man, finally forcing him to pull over, and ordered him to get off the bike. When he refused, Lightbourne?s passenger punched him in the face.

The victim then got off the bike and Lightbourne?s passenger got on. The two then sped away.

The two men sold the bike for parts and split the money between them. While Lightbourne pleaded guilty to that offence, the man he was with has pleaded not guilty and will appear in Supreme Court for trial at a later date.

While in custody, Lightbourne also confessed to two other crimes.

One took place early on October 25, 2002, at Lindo?s Market in Devonshire. Lightbourne and another man entered the store through roof renovations and stole $838 worth of cigarettes and liquor.

However, a store manager was awakened by a security company and called Police, who rushed to the scene.

When they saw Police coming, Lightbourne and the other man were fled, leaving behind one of the bags of booty. Police subsequently lifted Lightbourne?s fingerprints from the bag.

Lightbourne also left his fingerprints behind at a Devonshire home he broke into on January 22.

In that incident, Lightbourne stole $4,387 worth of photo, computer, and telephone equipment. He said he and another man had entered the house by taking panes out of the window.

Lightbourne told Mr. Justice Warner he had no interest in finding a lawyer, and had no questions or statements to make to the court.

After considering a social inquiry report, Lightbourne?s list of previous convictions and the facts of the case, Mr. Warner sentenced Lightbourne to 12 months for the shop-breaking, 12 months for the housebreaking, and two years for the robbery, all to run concurrently.