Entertainer sentenced but will only serve 60 days

Entertainer Glendale 'Busy Signal' Gordon could be freed in 60 days after his sentence was handed down in the state of Minnesota yesterday.

Gordon, who was sentenced to six months in jail, will only serve two months after he was given credit for the four months he has been in custody after he was extradited from Jamaica.

Meanwhile, United States-based attorney-at-law William Mauzy says the entertainer was "very happy" with the six-month jail sentence handed to him in the state of Minnesota yesterday.

"Given all the circumstances, he is very excited that the exit from jail is in sight and that he will be returning to Jamaica," said Mauzy, who represented Busy.

Despite the six-month jail term for absconding bail on drug charges dating back to 2002, Mauzy said he had no concern that prosecutor will seek to re-instate the drug charges against the entertainer, pointing out that the extradition treaty between Jamaica and the US prohibits them from doing so.

"They cannot prosecute him while he is in the United States for any other offence," Mauzy insisted.

"When he completes his sentence, they (prosecutors) are prohibited from preventing him from leaving the country ... and he will leave as soon as he possibly can," the attorney added.

Busy, who was extradited to the United States in May, pleaded guilty in July to one count of failure to appear in court.

He was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston in May after returning from a tour of Europe.