Since 2019, Jamar Andre Bradshaw had a $2 000 fine to pay in two months.
Yesterday, as he stood in the dock of the District “A” Magistrates’ Court facing seven new charges, he admitted he had only paid part of it.
“I started but I ain’t get all the money. I was trying,” he said.
“But that was 2019 and this is 2024,” Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes told him.
“And you didn’t come back to the magistrate and say ‘I’m trying but I can’t get the money’? I can’t believe you ain’t pay the people fine. How much of the fine you paid?” he asked.
“I can’t remember,” Bradshaw replied.
The 38-year-old general worker, of No. 2 College Savannah, St John, had pleaded guilty to having cocaine in his possession; having cannabis; having cannabis with intent to supply, and having a traffickable quantity of the drug on August 29. Those offences occurred within District A’s jurisdiction. The cocaine weighed 0.75 grammes and had an estimated street value of $37.50. The cannabis weighed 19.5 grammes and had an estimated street value of $97.50.
Bradshaw also pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, having a traffickable quantity of the drug and possession of cannabis with intent to supply, within District C’s jurisdiction, also on August 29. Those drugs weighed 80.5 grammes and were worth $402.
“I does use a jackhammer,” he said when asked to account for having the drug.
The court then learnt that Bradshaw had four previous convictions. His last was in 2019 when he was fined $2 000 in two months or two months in prison. He revealed he had not paid the fine.
Chief Magistrate Weekes remanded him to Dodds Prison pending sentencing. Bradshaw will return to court on September 27. (HLE)
