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Onandi's bail extended
Rasbert Turner, Star Writer
Spanish Town
Former Reggae Boy Onandi Lowe, had his bail extended when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on drug- related charges on Tuesday.
Lowe and four others, Sophia Stewart, Damion Perry, Orlando Isaacs and Jermaine Ellis, were charged recently when ganja was found in a car in which they were travelling.
All pleaded not guilty except for Isaacs who claimed full responsibility for the drugs. "Your Honour, I am guilty. A my ganja and a my chilum pipe and mi tell the police them from them ole wi that the things them belong to mi," remark Isaacs.
The clerk of court told RM Lorna Errar Gayle that the crown would not accept Isaacs' plea of guilt. This was after the arresting officer, Special Sergeant Owen McLean of the Spanish Town police, outlined that the drug in question, 47 packets of ganja, was taken from a compartment in the Honda that Lowe was driving when the police stopped him.
The officer told the court that about 12:50 p.m., December 23, while he and other officers were doing spot checks along a section of the Spanish Town by-pass, Lowe's vehicle, with the four occupants, was stopped.
After searching all persons and finding nothing, the vehicle was searched and ganja weighing about two pound was found. A check of the trunk revealed a chilum pipe and two knives.
The five were later charged with possession and dealing in ganja and subsequently granted bail at the station. Before extending their bails until February 19, the RM ordered that all five be finger- printed. She told them that the crown had the right to accept or reject all pleas.
Rasbert Turner, Star Writer
Spanish Town
Former Reggae Boy Onandi Lowe, had his bail extended when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on drug- related charges on Tuesday.
Lowe and four others, Sophia Stewart, Damion Perry, Orlando Isaacs and Jermaine Ellis, were charged recently when ganja was found in a car in which they were travelling.
All pleaded not guilty except for Isaacs who claimed full responsibility for the drugs. "Your Honour, I am guilty. A my ganja and a my chilum pipe and mi tell the police them from them ole wi that the things them belong to mi," remark Isaacs.
The clerk of court told RM Lorna Errar Gayle that the crown would not accept Isaacs' plea of guilt. This was after the arresting officer, Special Sergeant Owen McLean of the Spanish Town police, outlined that the drug in question, 47 packets of ganja, was taken from a compartment in the Honda that Lowe was driving when the police stopped him.
The officer told the court that about 12:50 p.m., December 23, while he and other officers were doing spot checks along a section of the Spanish Town by-pass, Lowe's vehicle, with the four occupants, was stopped.
After searching all persons and finding nothing, the vehicle was searched and ganja weighing about two pound was found. A check of the trunk revealed a chilum pipe and two knives.
The five were later charged with possession and dealing in ganja and subsequently granted bail at the station. Before extending their bails until February 19, the RM ordered that all five be finger- printed. She told them that the crown had the right to accept or reject all pleas.
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