Alvin Murdock, the American citizen who was charged with cocaine possession on Wednesday, changed his plea to not guilty yesterday after he learned that the offence carries a minimum jail sentence of three years.
Murdock, 65, had pleaded guilty to the charge that on September 30, at Pike Street, Kitty, he had 1.5 grammes of cocaine for trafficking.
However, when he reappeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in Georgetown yesterday, he was told that by pleading guilty he would face a mandatory jail term of three years.
As a result, Murdock told the court that he was no longer pleading guilty and didn’t have any drug.