| Barbados Nation: Only one of six drug convicts, all Guyanese, had anything to say when they returned to court yesterday, after more than a week on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Dodds in St. Phillip. That one maintained his innocence.Lemme CampbellWayne GreenSomwattie PersaudLemme Michael Campbell,Cheap Jerseys Store, 45,Discount NFL Jerseys, and his wife Somwattie Persaud, 40, both of 106 New Garden Street, Georgetown, Guyana; Christopher Bacchus, 43, and his wife Dianne Bacchus, 37, both of Bay Gardens, Bayland, St Michael; Wayne Gavin Green, 38, of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Guyana, and Bridgefield, St Thomas; and Rohan Shastri Rambarran, 43, a businessman of Georgetown, Guyana, appeared in the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday, after being convicted on June 4,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, of possession and trafficking in 91.3 kilos of cannabis and 119.4 kilos of cocaine on November 30, 2005.Campbell and Rambarran were also found guilty of importing both cannabis and cocaine on November 29,Cheap World Cup Jerseys, 2005.Campbell, Persaud, the Bacchuses and Rambarran opted to let their attorneys speak for them, but Green told the court: “I stand by my innocence,” before he, too, said he wanted his lawyer to speak on his behalf.Lawyers for the six then asked for pre-sentencing reports,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, and their requests were granted by Madame Justice, Kaye Goodridge.Earlier, the court had heard from character witnesses for the Bacchuses, Gregory and Margaret Hallett, who described the couple as loving and hard-working.Rohan RambarranDianne BacchusChristopher BacchusThe Halletts said they met the Bacchuses in 2002 when they were out crusading as part of their Seventh Day Adventist outreach programme. However, Gregory Hallett admitted, when cross-examined by Principal Crown Counsel, Anthony Blackman, that he knew nothing about the Bacchuses’ social life.Also testifying on Christopher and Dianne Bacchus’ behalf,Cheap Jerseys Online, was Hugh Rock who said he has known them for the past ten or 12 years and they were hardworking, trustworthy and honest.When cross-examined by Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Leacock, QC, he said: “I don’t know nothing ’bout them importing lumber or exporting lumber.”The six are to return for sentencing on September 22.The matter was prosecuted by Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Leacock, QC, Principal Crown Counsel, Anthony Blackman and Principal Crown Counsel Wanda Blair.Sir Richard Cheltenham, QC, and Shelly-Ann Seecharan appeared for Rambarran; Vonda Pile represented Christopher and Dianne Bacchus; Vincent Watson and Desmond Sands appeared for Green; while Ralph Thorne, QC, and Arthur Holder represented Campbell and Persaud. |
