A man who advanced medicinal use as his special reason in a narcotic possession charge was yesterday remanded to prison when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.
It is alleged that on June 19 at Linden, Junior Meredith had in his possession 38 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
The accused denied the charge when it was read to him at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The presiding magistrate explained to the unrepresented Meredith, who requested bail, that his pretrial liberty depended on the existence of special circumstances relating to the offence and not [him], the offender.
Having been told this, the accused told the court that he had special circumstances; explaining that he uses the illegal substance for medicinal purposes.
The magistrate then cautioned him that that would not suffice as special circumstances.
The prosecution was successful in its subsequent request for the accused to be remanded to prison.
His matter was transferred to the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court for continuation on July 6.
