A Charlestown resident, who is on trial over allegedly having 106 grammes of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking, is due to learn her fate tomorrow, when a verdict is expected.
Tiffany Sultan, 23, is accused of having the narcotics in her possession, on January 9, at Broad Street, Charlestown.
When the case was called on Thursday last before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, attorney Stanley Moore made closing arguments, right after Sultan gave unsworn testimony to the court. The accused also called on her father Hugh Davis to testify on her behalf.
During Sultan’s testimony, she told the court that she was assaulted by an officer at the police station where she was held for questioning. The accused told the court that on the day in question, she was cooking when officers entered her home and began to search. Sultan testified that the police found the cannabis in a bedroom and over $200,000 in another bedroom. The accused said she told the officers that the money they found was her father’s money and she denied having any knowledge of the drugs.
Sultan told the court after she was arrested and taken to the station, the police asked whether the drugs and the money they found belonged to “Axe-man”. The accused said she told the police that she did not know anyone who carried that alias.
Meanwhile, Davis, who took to the stand, told the court that the money the police found was his money, which he had given to his daughter. The witness explained that he made the money from his occupation as a welder, at the premises.
The prosecution then made closing arguments, urging the court to believe the evidence which was presented by the prosecution and to find Sultan guilty of trafficking.
Chief Magistrate McLennan subsequently adjourned the matter to tomorrow for a decision.
