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Jul 02, 2014 News
A prisoner, busted with marijuana hidden in his anus at the Georgetown Prisons, was yesterday jailed for 48 months by a city Magistrate.
Roger Samuels, 48, was sentenced to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman on a drug trafficking charge.
It was merely four days after being caught by Georgetown Prisons staff with the 68 grams of cannabis in the peculiar place that Samuels appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.
Responding to the allegation Samuels said “Ya worship, I does be working at the Police Sports Club. When I go back to prison, they search me and find nothing.”
“Then the medex put her hand in my bamzee and search it. I strain and a lump fall out. I is a hard working prisoner ya worship,” the accused explained as he demonstrated the motions to the Magistrate. “I gun plead guilty cause me ain’t able with no long story. I done deh in jail. I got 14 months more left,” Samuels said.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Joel Ricknauth said that Samuels was convicted in 2012 on a simple larceny charge and is serving a four-year jail term.
Ricknauth explained that about 16:03hrs on June 27, Samuels was amongst a batch of prisoners who returned from the Police Sports Club.
“Your worship, the defendant was seen walking in an unusual manner. He was taken to medical personnel who examined his anus and found a white plastic bag containing something.”
The Prosecution explained that it was “taken out” by the defendant and further checks on the bag revealed a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis was contained therein. Ricknauth stated that the substance was weighed in the presence of the defendant.
According to the Prosecution, when Samuels was told of the offence he said “I gah hussle tuh.” He was subsequently charged for the offence.
During mitigation, Samuels stated “Ya worship, I begging for leniency. I is a hard working prisoner. I deh cleaning up for them this morning downstairs. I have three children and my child mother died. I used to live at PuntTrench.”
“Me ain’t really want no long story. Why they gotta push they hand in me? I coulda seh that somebody push it up in me, but I ain’t want no long story ya worship.”
“Prison ain’t easy. Down to ya food and drink, you gah fight fah. Two man sleeping on a mattress. I can’t go against the law. I’m begging for mercy. I just leff everything in the hands of the Father and the court,” he pleaded.
Responding, Magistrate Latchman stated that she had considered all the mitigating factors in his favour as well as the prevalence of the offence and the manner in which the marijuana was concealed.
He was told that coupled with a 48-month jail term, he will also have to pay $10,000.
Magistrate Latchman instructed that the prison term for the drug trafficking charge will commence at the end of the four years he was previously given for simple larceny.
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