A 37-year-old man who claimed that someone placed a small parcel of cannabis in his pants pocket while exiting a boat at the Bartica Stelling was granted bail yesterday after he denied the charge that was read to him at a city court.
Desmond Rigby appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Three.
He denied the charge which alleged that on January 20th, 2019, at the Bartica Police Station, Rigby had 22 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
There were no objections to bail by Prosecutor Quinn Harris, who told the court that Rigby was wanted by the police and acting on information received, they apprehended him on a boat at the Bartica stelling. Rigby was taken to the police station in Bartica where he was searched. According to Harris during the search the cannabis was found in Rigby’s pants pocket.
However, according to Rigby, while he was on the boat, he had an argument with someone. The argument subsequently turned into a scuffle after which Rigby was arrested. Rigby denied being in possession of the narcotic and claimed that the person who he was scuffling with placed the narcotic there. However, he said, he doesn’t know when exactly it was placed in his pocket as he was too busy defending himself.
Rigby, who lives in Sophia Squatting area, was granted bail in the sum of $10,000 with the condition that he reports to the Bartica Police Station every Friday at 18:00 hours.
