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Man disowns then owns ganja
…to do community service
Quincy King, a 21-year-old mason from Alberttown was yesterday sentenced to community service for three days along with a $5000 fine after he confessed to having two grams of marijuana in his possession.
King’s attorney, Paul Fung- A- Fat, told Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday that his client is a first offender. As such the court should be lenient with him, the lawyer pleaded.
On February 21, last, on Church Street, Georgetown, King had two grams of cannabis in his possession.
Police Prosecutor Seon Blackman told the court that the defendant was apprehended by police officers after they conducted a routine search on persons attending a Stag Beer Promotional event at Merrimans’ Mall.
“A quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis were found in the defendant’s front right side pocket. He was told of the offence and taken into custody where the substance was later weighed in his presence,” the Prosecutor stated. Another patron of the Stag Beer event was later brought before Magistrate Wilson accused of being in possession of one gram of the illegal substance. Trevor Forde, 41, of Norton Street, Lodge initially told the court that he was not guilty of the charge.
“Your worship, Thursday I was at the Mall going and breeze out when the police line we up fu search we I went behind four other persons and someone of dem drop a zip lock bag on the ground and the police see it and pick it up and say how is me own”
However Forde later changed his plea after he was further questioned by the Magistrate.
Forde in taking ownership for the drugs, said that he has been using the substance for over 38 years but only for recreational purposes.
“Is jus fuh me meditation”
The presiding Magistrate also ordered Forde to pay a $5000 fine and complete three days community service as a sentence for the crime committed. The Magistrate also told both defendants of the dangers of drugs and the penalty it attracts.
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