Grove woman sentenced to three years for trafficking in cocaine

Dec 19, 2012 News

….appears for sentencing with baby

A Grove East Bank Demerara woman was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after she was found guilty of having in her possession 3.4 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Coretta Roberts, 34, of Lot 190 Second Street Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court. She appeared in court with her four-month-old baby despite knowing that yesterday was slated for the court’s decision.
The charge stated that on September 24, 2010, the cocaine was found at the woman’s residence. Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said that they had swooped down on a notorious drug yard where several persons were seated on a bench. A man was nabbed by the police and a portion of cocaine was found on his person.
The accused, having seen what was happening, dashed for her house to lock up, but was prevented by the drug ranks from doing so. A search conducted in the woman’s house unearthed the aforementioned quantity of drugs hidden in the bottom of a sofa. In the said sofa, another portion of cocaine was found in the outer shell of a crazy glue container. The quantities amounted to 3.4 grams.
The woman had admitted to having the drugs, CANU said, claiming that she was given it to sell and was just doing a “small hustle”.
In court, Roberts had hired three lawyers on separate occasions, with the most recent being Onassis Granville. While the prosecution, lead by CANU prosecutor Donald Downer, sought to establish the location of the drug at the time of its discovery, the defence claimed that the drug was not found in the accused woman’s house.
According to their story, the drugs were found in the yard that housed several other residents. They said it was found under a bench on which the accused and several other persons were sitting. The woman told the court that she was seated with the persons on the bench when she heard a voice say “don’t move”. She claimed that she was prevented from entering her home while the CANU ranks searched the premises.
The defence however failed to convince the court of its story, when several prosecution witnesses testified to the occurrences of the day in question.
Roberts was found guilty and was given a three-year sentence. She was however left on a bench with her baby awaiting escort to serve her jail time. The court advised Roberts that a relative come for the child or keep the child and a provision would be made for the state’s intervention.

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