Man fined EC$50 000 for planting ganja
By Pauline Waruguru
Nevis Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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| Joseph Wilson walking out of the Magistrate’s Court in Nevis |
CHARLESTOWN,Nevis: A Zion Village resident, Joseph Wilson, was fined EC$50 000 on Tuesday by Magistrate Yasmine Clarke for planting cannabis.
He is required to pay the amount within three months or face a jail term.
It was disclosed in court that a team of police officers found him weeding cannabis at a location in Gingerland at about 3:19 p.m. on January 2008.
According to Police Prosecutor Inspector Trevor Mills, Wilson attempted to run away when confronted by the police officers but was arrested and charged after a lively chase. Before sentencing him, Magistrate Clarke told the Prosecutor that Wilson’s record needed to be properly updated to include a previous conviction.
In another development, 24-year-old Fitzroy Wilkinson was fined EC$8 000 for being found in possession of controlled drugs. Magistrate Clarke ordered him to pay the fine within six months or serve a jail term.
In the same court, Chelston Hanley was placed on $EC5000 bail after his attorney, Anthony Johnson, successfully convinced the court that the Prosecution had no substantial grounds to oppose it. Johnson said his client was charged with larceny and it was a minor offence that did not require him to be denied bail. ~~Adz:Right~~
“Bail should not be used as a punishment…bail is granted with conditions even for attempted murder,” Johnson said.
