After spending over a month on remand at the Camp Street Prison for allegedly trafficking over one pound of marijuana, a 35-year-old Bourda Market vendor walked out of the courtroom a happy man as Attorney-at-Law George Thomas managed to secure bail on his behalf from Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Ras Paris
When he appeared in court, Thomas raised concerns of having his client spend a long time on remand while the prosecution reports no favourable progress at every succeeding hearing, thereby infringing on the fundamental right of his client, Ras Paris, to a fair and timely trial.
Paris was arraigned before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts in early October, and was remanded to prison for allegedly trafficking 448 grams of cannabis on October 3, 2017 at North Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Paris is a resident of the North Ruimveldt community.
While the Prosecutor made no mention of prior brushes with the law, Paris was in April of this year released on $200,000 bail for a charge of trafficking in two pounds of cannabis.
As it relates to the second charge, the defendant was reportedly busted by the Police with a black bag in his hand containing the suspected narcotic on the day in question.
Paris has since maintained his innocence, claiming the narcotic in discovered in the upper flat of a building occupied by two other persons present at the time of the search. The case will be called again on December 13.
