DELLON Hutson, 38, a miner of Lot 36 Hadfield Street, Georgetown, appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Fabio Azore on Monday to answer a drug-trafficking charge, and was remanded to prison until February 20.He had pleaded not guilty to the offence, particulars of which said that on January 28, at Georgetown, he had in his possession 58 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) for the purpose of trafficking; but Magistrate Azore said his defence lawyer had not raised any special reason why he should be admitted to bail.

Police Corporal Adduni Inniss, prosecuting, told the court that on the day in question, at around 10:00 hrs, ranks from the Narcotics Branch acting on information and led by Deputy Superintendent Lord, went to the defendant’s home in search of narcotics.

Spotted in his yard with a bag, Hutson was confronted by an inspector. He drew a scissors from the bag, and the inspector, becoming fearful for his life, discharged a single shot at Hutson’s left leg. The defendant dropped the bag and ran away, and the inspector picked up the bag and had the contents examined and weighed.

The prosecutor said the defendant later presented himself to the Narcotics Branch at Eve Leary in the company of his lawyer.

Attorney-at-Law Mr. Glenn Hanoman, representing Hutson in a bail application, said the allegation arose after his client had been shot by the police. He said the man is still nursing a wound and after he had reported the matter against the police, he was sent to the Georgetown Public Hospital to receive treatment.

Counsel said the police went to the hospital and put the allegation to his client, and his instruction was that a woman living upstairs in the same yard with Hutson, who claimed to have a relationship with a very high-ranking police official, told Hutson that she would have him killed by the police.

Mr. Hanoman deemed it the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard, and informed the court that the defence has 15 witnesses to testify in the matter, two of whom were present in court. He said that when the police entered the defendant’s apartment, they found gold and diamonds valued in excess of $700,000, and believed that it was from an armed robbery.
Written By Geeta Rampersaud