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Man gets 18 years jail for drug trafficking, other charges

Jul 16, 2015 News

Magistrate Leron Daly handed an 18-year prison term to a labourer on Tuesday, after he was convicted for narcotics trafficking and other offences.
Brian Carter, 26, of Kaneville Squatting Area, was also on trial in relation to several robberies. He was convicted after changing his not guilty plea to guilty at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.
Before the matters were concluded the Magistrate explained to the defendant that he was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment – three years for the possession and trafficking of cannabis, three years each on two robbery charges, seven months on a robbery charge and another three years each on break and enter charges.
The sentences will run concurrently. This means that he will only be spending three years and seven months behind bars.
In relation to the drug trafficking charge, Police Prosecutor, Inspector Michael Grant called three witnesses to testify.
Magistrate Daly, in handing down her sentence in the drug charge informed the court that she was satisfied that Carter had the drug in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, based on the case submitted by the prosecutor.
The convict broke down in tears when the Magistrate informed the court that she found him guilty as charged for that offence.
Carter was also facing three counts of robbery and break and enter. He had initially denied the allegations before Magistrate Daly.
However, yesterday he entered guilty pleas on all the charges since he decided that he no longer wanted to waste the court’s time.
On July 14, 2012 at Second Bridge, Grove, EBD, Carter and another man robbed Linda Davidson. They relieved her of her Blackberry phone along with $150,000 cash.
He admitted that on September 14, 2014 at Little Diamond, he robbed Vanessa Marlon of her gold chain, bag and cash at knife point.
He was sentenced to three years imprisonment each on these two charges.
Finally, he told the court that he robbed Linden Niles of $3,000 on March 27 at Grove, EBD. The court also heard that he unlawfully and maliciously damaged a pair of reading glasses worth $30,000 property of Niles. On this charge he was given seven months.
Carter admitted that on April 29, 2014 at Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD he broke and entered the dwelling house of Maxine Benjamin and stole a laptop and a bottle of perfume valued $280,000.
He confessed that on April 17, 2015 at Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, he broke into the dwelling home of Ravi Spencer and stole a quantity of items valued in excess of one million dollars.
The final charge, to which he pleaded guilty, stated that on May 4, 2015 at Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, he stole $475,000 in cash and household items after he broke into the home of Sahadeo Narine.
Carter was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on each of these charges.

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