Bennett refused bail again

Attorney-at-law George Bennett will remain at HMP Dodds for the time being.

That’s because the 61-year-old drug accused was denied bail for the second time in three days.

His legal team of Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim and Angela Mitchell-Gittens were unable to convince Justice Christopher Birch in No. 5A of the Supreme Court on Friday to grant bail to the former police Inspector.

Bennett, of No. 103, 1st Avenue Warners Gardens, Christ Church, and co-accused, 33-year-old Guyanese national Dharma Rudradeo who was staying at the same address, were remanded to prison when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Wednesday afternoon.

They are jointly charged with possession, trafficking and intent to supply 253 kilogrammes of cannabis worth just over $2 million.

The alleged offences took place on July 30, 2021.

Bennett is separately facing additional charges of obstructing and assaulting Sergeants Fabian Griffith and Erica Maynard in the execution of their duties and resisting lawful arrest.

He is also charged with having 19 rounds of ammunition in his possession without a permit to do so and that having resigned as a member of the Royal Barbados Police Force, he failed to return property belonging to the Crown.