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Lindeners jailed after busted with ganja at roadblock
Jailed Reva Bovell
Two Lindeners who were busted at a roadblock with 26 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle last year were last Friday jailed and fined $6.3M each for the offence.
It is alleged that Michael Bascom, 35, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden and Reva Bovell, 18, of Obama Drive, Linden, on May 9, last, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, trafficked 11.832 kilograms of marijuana.
They were both sentenced to four and three years imprisonment respectively and fined $6.3M each for the offence.
The duo had both denied the allegation after it was first read to them by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
At the conclusion of the trial last Friday, Magistrate Fabayo Azore ruled that Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford was able to prove each element of the case, hence she found the defendants guilty of the offence.
Bovell’s lawyer, Dexter Todd in a plea in mitigation for his client, asked the court to grant his client a suspended sentence since she is a teenager and has never been charged before.
Jailed Michael Bascom
He added that his client should be granted bail pending appeal of the matter.
However, the Prosecutor objected to bail being granted to the defendant.
An unrepresented Bascom in his plea in mitigation stated “Have mercy on me I have six children to take care of.”
According to information, on the day in question, the two defendants were the lone occupants in the vehicle when it was stopped by ranks at a roadblock where a search was conducted. The alleged marijuana was discovered inside.
The Prosecutor on the duo first court appearance had objected to bail being granted to them citing that they both give oral and written caution statements linking each other to the narcotics.
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