A prison officer yesterday became a remanded prisoner after she found herself charged with having a quantity of cannabis in her possession at the Camp Street jail.
Shondel Watson, 26, stood before Magistrate Faith McGusty, who read the charge to her in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Five.
The charge stated that on June 27th, at the Camp Street Prison, in Georgetown, Watson had in her possession 314 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Watson, of 309 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, denied the charge.
Police prosecutor Seon Blackman told the court that Watson was on duty on the day in question at the Camp Street Prison, when the Principal Prison Officer observed her acting in a suspicious manner while taking something for a prisoner.
The prosecutor noted that the woman was then stopped and a search was then carried out on her person, which revealed a parcel, wrapped in brown scotch tape, in the woman’s waistband. The officer then searched her handbag and discovered a yellow food bowl with suspected cannabis inside.
An unrepresented Watson told the court that she was set up and that nothing was found on her. The woman, who was crying, stated that she went to use the washroom and on her way out she was stopped and searched by the Principal Prison Officer. She added that the drug was not found on her but on the floor and she maintained that she was being set up.
She was subsequently remanded to prison until July 2nd, when she will appear before the Chief Magistrate.
