DELAYS: Problems at the prison cause delays at court PRISON staff brought the wrong man to court because he had a similar name to another Albanian inmate who had been growing cannabis in Worcester. Pashk Marku and Besart Qelia were both due to be sentenced for the production of cannabis in Worcester at the city s crown court on Wednesday, said in court to be a substantial enterprise. However, the hearing could not go ahead at a time when the city is already struggling to clear a Covid-19 backlog with this prison error causing further delay. Murder trials and sentences in the city have already been stalled because of the pandemic. Courts across the country were already facing a backlog before the impact of coronavirus was felt.
TWO men have been charged after huge cannabis grow was discovered following a police raid in Worcester. Officers searched the house in Wyld s Lane and found a large cannabis grow spanning almost every room . Following the search two men, aged 34 and 36 were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug. (cannabis) They were charged with with being concerned in the production of a Class B drug following their arrests in Wylds Lane, Worcester, earlier this week. Besart Qelia, aged 34 and Marku Pashk, aged 36, both of no fixed abode, appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Wednesday 9 December) for a first hearing and were remanded