Twenty-three-year-old mother of two, Melissa Cort, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus after it was alleged that on February 5, while at the Supreme Court lockups, she took 20 cigarettes and one lighter to her boyfriend, Patrick Smith, who is on trial for a capital offence.
Cort pleaded not guilty, but later changed her plea to guilty for a lighter penalty.
The prosecutor told the court that on the day in question at about 11.50 hours, the officer on duty at the lockups encountered Cort who was delivering a box of food to her boyfriend, Smith, who is currently on trial for murder. On presenting herself to the officer she signed the ledger before handing over the food in a black plastic bag. Upon examining the food box, it was seen to contain chowmein, but closer inspection revealed a white plastic bag hidden below the food which contained 20 Pall Mall cigarettes and one lighter.
