Judge says hefty fines for involvement in drug trade, no matter the reason barbadostoday.bb - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barbadostoday.bb Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A prosecutor has urged the High Court to impose a hefty fine or a lengthy prison sentence on a landscaper who had a “cannabis farm” in his backyard.
But the convicted man’s lawyer argued strongly against throwing the book at his client, considering that “we are now faced at the local level with the licensing of growing marijuana”.
Acting Senior State Counsel
Lead investigator Sergeant Halton Springer said murder accused Jarviston Glenford Thorne told him he tried to stop the truck he was driving from running over Kadeem Wilfred after he fell in front the vehicle.However, according to Thorne, Wilfred was too close and he ended up driving over him.Sergeant Springer was giving evidence in the No. 2 Supreme Court when Throne’s murder trial continued before Justice Randall Worrell.Thorne, then 46, of Jackson Terrace, St Michael, is accused of murdering Wilfred on December 8, 2015.Under questioning by Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Alliston Seale, Sergeant Springer told the court that in Thorne’s statement, he said he drove behind Wilfred after the now deceased man struck the truck he was driving with rocks, damaging it in the process. He said he wanted to apprehend Wilfred so he could pay for the repairs.
Duguid confident of BLP s chances - Barbados Today barbadostoday.bb - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barbadostoday.bb Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.