On Tuesday July 24, 2007 the following matters were heard at District “C” Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Yasmine Clarke.
Dwight Otto of Bath Village, St. Kitts was charged with possession of controlled drugs contrary to the Drug (Prevention of Misuse) Act No. 11 1986 of the Laws of the Federation. He pleaded guilty. In giving the facts to the court, Prosecutor Inspector Mitchell, related that on July 12, 2007 at about 8:40pm members of the Task Force were on duty at Bath Village when they saw the defendant smoking a hand rolled cigarette.
As the officers approached the defendant he tried outing and then dropped the cigarette. The officers told him they suspected that he had controlled drugs in his possession and they were going to search him and that they saw him drop a hand rolled cigarette. The cigarette was about three feet away from him.
One of the officers took it up and told Otto he suspected it was cannabis He was cautioned and charged. He was subsequently convicted and fined $800.00 to me paid in three months of three months imprisonment.
Glenroy Liburd of Rawlins Village, Gingerlnd was charged with possession of controlled drugs contrary to the Drug (Prevention of Misuse) Act No.11 1986 of the Laws of the Federation. He pleaded guilty to the charge.
Prosecutor Inspector Mitchell told the court that on July 13, 2007 members of the Special Task Force Unit and other officers were on mobile patrol in Stoney Grove and saw the defendant walking.
When the vehicle got close to him one of the officers saw him put his hand into his pocket and pull something out. The officer got out the vehicle and approached the defendant and told that he saw him drop something and he suspected him of having controlled drugs in his possession and was going to search him.
He took the defendant to the area where he saw him drop the object which turned out to be a small transparent plastic bag with vegetable material. He told the defendant that he suspected it to be cannabis, and that he saw him drop it. He cautioned the defendant who replied, ‘I did not drop anything, you (ain) see me drop nothing.’ The defendant was taken to the Charlestown Police Station and charged. He was convicted and fined $800.00 in three months or three-month imprisonment.
Gino Morton of Chicken Stone was charges with the offence of carrying abroad an offensive weapon, to wit, a knife, contrary to a section of The Small Charges Act Chapter 75. He pleaded guilty to the charges. The defendant was at Cole Hill when members of the Special Task Force approached him and told him that he was suspected of having controlled drugs in his possession .
He was searched but no controlled drug was found. The officers however found a brown and gold knife in one of his pockets. The defendant, according to the officers, was cautioned and asked what he was doing with the knife.
He smiled and replied, “Officer I got the knife to peel me fruits them you know, Officer.”
The defendant was taken to the Charlestown Police Station and charged. He was convicted and fined $500.00 to be paid in three months or serve three months in prison.
Leo Herbert of Cotton Ground and Atheus White of John Street, Newton were both charged for larceny contrary to the Larceny Act 41 of 1961 Revised edition of the Laws of the Federation. They both pleaded guilty to the charge.
The facts of the case as given were that on Monday July 9, 2007 Mr. Zechariah Mathew of Clifton Estate left his home at about 9pm. He returned at about 11pm and discovered that his house was ransacked. He made a check of his possessions and realized that one can of Bop insecticide he had left in his kitchen cupboard, an iron heater left in his clothes closet, two wristwatches left on his bed were missing. He made a report to the police.
Sergeant Bertie, Officer in Charge of the Cotton Ground Police Station investigated his report and executed a search warrant on the premises of Leo Herbert at Cotton Ground and one can of Bop, one iron and one wristwatch were found on his premises. Investigations continued and Atheus White was found with possession of the other wristwatch.
Leo Herbert was convicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, Atheus was convicted and fined $1000.00 to be paid in six months or serve one month’s imprisonment.
