Heading to federal prison: Grammy award-winning Jamaican dancehall artiste Buju Banton, left, leaves the federal courthouse with attorney David Markus in Tampa, Florida, USA, on February 14. Ten years in prison for Buju Story Updated: Jun 23, 2011 at 11:44 PM ECT TAMPA Despite pleas for leniency from family members, fans and supporters, a federal judge sentenced Jamaican Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton to ten years in prison yesterday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal. Banton was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking offence. Dozens of letters to US District Judge James S Moody are included in the court file for the 37-year-old recording artiste, whose given name is Mark Myrie. Several of his 15 children...