A former police constable, turned farmer, was hauled before the law courts this weekend on several drug charges, including allegations of cultivating marijuana.Andre Henderson Chase, 42, from Fairview, Christ Church appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Saturday accused of two counts of possession, two counts of possession with intent to supply, two counts of possession with intent to traffic, one count of cultivation and one count of possession of apparatus with intent to misuse cannabis.
A 38-year-old man was convicted of two offences before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court and now has several weeks to pay for his crimes.Jamal Richard Gulstone, of Cane Garden, St Thomas has until November 29 to pay the court $1 500 for breaching the island’s COVID-19 curfew and another $1 500 in compensation for resisting a police officer in the execution of his duty.
Attorney-at-law George Bennett will remain at HMP Dodds for the time being.That’s because the 61-year-old drug accused was denied bail for the second time in three days.His legal team of Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim and Angela Mitchell-Gittens were unable to convince Justice Christopher Birch in No. 5A of the Supreme Court on Friday to grant bail to the former police Inspector.
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