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Nov 24, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
-Convict was not present for ruling
An American citizen was yesterday sentenced in absentia to 60 months jail, after she was found guilty of trafficking 937 grammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International (CJIA) Timehri.
Patrina Dalrymple, 27, of 2702 Lady Grove Road, Bowie, Maryland, USA was convicted by City Magistrate Judy Latchman, for having the illicit substance in her possession on April 20. In addition to the prison term the woman, who resides locally at Lot 214 Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown, was ordered to pay a fine of $2.5 million—three times the street value of the cocaine.
Attorney Paul Fung-a-Fat represented the woman. Police Corporal, Kerry Bostwick presented the case for the prosecution. Bostwick called several witnesses to testify on behalf of the prosecution.
Dalrymple was remanded to prison by the said Magistrate at her first court appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, back in May. However, she was subsequently released on $1.2M bail by the High Court.
Court facts stated that on the day in question, around 15:10hrs, ranks from the narcotics branch were performing duties at the aforementioned airport. The ranks were monitoring outgoing passengers on Caribbean Airline (CAL) flight #BW526, destined for JFK, New York.
The facts revealed that the ranks were prompted to search a suitcase belonging to Dalrymple, upon noticing some anomaly after the luggage was placed on the scanning machine.
Ranks searched the luggage in the presence of the convict and found a plastic parcel concealed at the bottom of the suitcase. The parcel was probed and contained a quantity of whitish substance which tested positive for cocaine.
At this point, the woman was told of the offence committed, arrested and charged.
According to the facts, Dalrymple told the police that her boyfriend, Kenton Haynes had given her the cocaine to take to the US.
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