Leonora cocaine trafficking trials: 1 sentenced, 2 remanded

Three individuals appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, facing serious narcotics charges.
Joel Leander, Satrohan Hardowar, and Lorna Scott-Williams were each charged with possession of 5.442 kilograms (kg) of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Leander pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment along with a fine of GYD 8,163,000.
Hardowar and Scott-Williams, however, pleaded not guilty and were remanded to prison pending trial.
In another, separate case, Scott-Williams also faced a charge for possession of 3.592kg of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison as the case moves forward.
Scott-Williams already has a prior history of narcotics-related offences. In October 2015, she, her husband, and three others were charged with trafficking 3.840kg of cocaine and 36.5 grams (g) of cannabis, during which substantial sums of local and foreign currency were seized.
In July 2017, she and her husband, Gordon “Monkey Harry” Williams, were convicted. Gordon Williams received a seven-year prison sentence and a fine of $30,000, while Scott-Williams was sentenced to three years in prison and fined a similar amount.