A 31-year-old mother of two was on Monday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of trafficking in narcotics.
It is alleged that on July 23 at Georgetown, Annette Brummell of 135 Waterloo Street had in her possession 25 grammes of cocaine.
Brummell pleaded not guilty.
Attorney-at-law Adrian Thompson who represented the defendant told the court that his client was innocent of the charge.
According to Thompson, on the day in question the police had conducted a raid and unearthed the illegal substance in the yard which his client shared with several other families.
The lawyer argued that there was no proof to substantiate a claim by the police that the cocaine belonged to his client. Thompson said further that when the police arrived, the other occupants of the yard fled. This, the attorney stressed, pointed to the innocence of his client since she remained, knowing that she had done nothing unlawful.
The prosecution objected to bail on the grounds that the section under which the defendant was charged allowed for bail to be granted only under special circumstances, pointing out that no such circumstances existed in this particular case.
The prosecutor told the court also that on the day in question, the narcotics was found in a bag that the accused was holding.
The prosecution’s application was granted and the unemployed Brummell was remanded to prison until November 24.
