Camp Street Prison inmate fined for cannabis possession

AN inmate of the Camp Street Prison wsa on Friday fined $3000, and ordered to do six months community service by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine- Beharry on a charge of Possession of Cannabis.

Keith Tuesday, who is currently serving a three-year sentence, was found on Saturday, October 25, in the prison with five grams of cannabis in his possession.
Tuesday explained to the court that he suffers from asthma and uses the cannabis for medicinal purposes, apart from the usual smoking of it.
The convict also said he had gotten hold of the cannabis from civilian personnel.

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