SEVENTY-three-year-old Evelyn White, who was sentenced to three years for being in possession of nine grammes of cannibas sativa, was granted $50,000 bail on Thursday following a petition presented by Attorney-at-law Kim Kyte-John before Justice James Bovell-Drakes in the Berbice High Court.

The petition revealed that the appellant resided with an adult nephew at Kingston, Coriverton, Corentyne when police, on March 17, 2012 carried out at the home searches that unearthed the narcotic wrapped in a taped parcel in the house.
Besides the fact that there was joint occupancy of the home and the area where the parcel was found, there was no additional evidence which linked the appellant to the narcotics, the document stated.
Additionally, it was recorded that the magistrate should have resolved the legal issues which created doubt in the prosecution’s case in favour of the defendant, since it means that, at law, the prosecution’s case could not be established beyond a reasonable doubt.
The appellant is awaiting the date for her appeal to be heard, and believes that there is a good chance that she would serve a substantial part of her sentence before the appeal is heard.