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Mar 26, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
Prison officer Stayon Paul, who is currently serving a six months sentencing for conveying eight packs of cigarettes and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card into the Camp Street prison, was further sentenced to four years imprisonment yesterday.
Paul, of Lot 1, Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust, was also ordered to pay a fine of $36, 000, by Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan, after he was found guilty of having 30 grams of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking at the Camp Street jail on January 12.
He first appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, on January 15 and denied the accusation.
Presenting the facts to the court on his first appearance Police Prosecutor, Corporal Bharat Mangru explained that on the day in question the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Cameron conducted a search on Paul .The ASP found one pack of Bristol cigarettes in his right-side pants pocket and another in his right-side shirt pocket, while six packs were stashed in his crotch.
Mangru said that the ASP also observed a transparent bag under Paul’s left arm which when checked, contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be marijuana. The Prison Officer was arrested and subsequently charged.
On his earlier appearance Paul told the court that he has been working at the prison for a while and claimed that he would from time to time observe the Officer-in-Charge taking cigarettes into the Prison and distributing to prisoners while they were in the yard. Hence, questioning why he was being charged.
The Chief Magistrate explained to him that it is wrong to do so. She also listed other prohibited articles which included drugs, tobacco and tools.
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