A man was yesterday sentenced to two years and ten months behind bars after being found guilty of ganja trafficking
Andrew Williams had denied the charge at his arraignment on November 6 last year. He was, however, found guilty as charged by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the conclusion of his trial yesterday in Georgetown.
The case was successfully prosecuted by Deniro Jones.
The charge against Williams had stated that he had 28.5 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
The prosecution’s case was that the police, acting on information received, went into Roxanne Burnham Gardens and conducted a search. The court had been told that it was there that Williams was found with three transparent Ziploc bags, containing leaves, seeds and stems that were later confirmed to be cannabis.
His attorney James Bond had said that when the police arrived, there was a group of men liming at a shop and all of them ran “helter-skelter” except for his client, who felt he had no reason to run because he did not do anything wrong.
Bond had claimed that the cannabis was not found in his client’s possession but rather on a ledge in the shop.
