A father and his daughter yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after a quantity of cannabis was allegedly found at the stall they operate near Salt and Pepper Restaurant on Longden Street.
Aubrey Cambridge of 2569 Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt and 25-year-old Shelly Cambridge of 103 Third Street, Agricola pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and Acting Chief Magistrate remanded them to prison.
It is alleged that on Saturday the duo had in their possession 34 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Attorney-at-law Simone Morris-Ramlall represented the defendants. In a failed bail application the defence counsel told the court that Aubrey is a stallholder. The attorney stated that he has severe hypertension and also suffers from diabetes.
According to the lawyer, her client has an injured foot, which his wife has to clean every day and there is a specific medication that he uses for it.
Morris-Ramlall told the court that if it is not cleaned and the medicine taken, he would not be able to walk. She said polio had damaged his other foot.
“He has to get medication at the Georgetown Hospital every Friday for it… Because of the state of his feet he can’t even come out of the lock-ups to get food.”
His daughter, the defence counsel said, is an attendant at Aubrey’s stall. She said that many people gang up in that area all the time.
Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews opposed bail stating that Section 94 of the constitution says that bail should not granted unless there are special circumstances.
The matter will be called again on February 5 in Court Two.
