Cocaine Charge: Trotman Sentenced To 6.5 Yrs
[Updated with video] Barbadian national Dave Trotman was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for importing over 700 grams of cocaine — which was said to have a street value of $178,000 — into Bermuda in December 2012.
Justice Charles-Etta Simmons handed down the sentence today [Sept 17] in the Supreme Court after the Prosecution asked for a sentence between 6 and 8 years, while defence lawyer Michael Scott asked for not more than 5 years.
Trotman leaving Court today:
Speaking for himself, Trotman, 39, said that he was thankful for this adversity because it had “brought him to the Lord.”
Trotman, who had been working at a Bermuda resort as a chef, told Justice Simmons that he wanted to use his time at Westgate to help his fellow inmates to learn new skills. He also said that in the six weeks that he had already spent at Westgate, he had found it to be a “dark place.”
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I wonder how the person that was suppose to be on the receiving end feels about this.
I’m sure they’re relieved that their delivery boy ain’t singing…
Send his *** back home!!! N
What I find interesting is that in 99% of these cases, the police arrest the mule and don’t follow through to see who they’re delivering the drugs to. I don’t know the circumstances of this particular case, but in so many other cases the police make an arrest and that’s it. Whatever happened to sting operations, where they give the drug importer a dummy package and see who he delivers it to?
@just wondering
because if you give them a dummy package and then arrest them when they pick it up, you cant charge them for possession of drugs when there are no drugs in the package. A defense lawyer would get them off every time.
Wrong!!! They used to do it before and have had several convictions so what you talking about!!! Even if they cannot get them for importation or possession, they can get them for conspiracy. At the very least, they can investigate and gather intelligence.
Can they leave the drugs there, still follow and then prosecute all parties?
Ain’t that call tampering with evidence once drugs are being removed from its original packaging?
@Just Wondering says:
September 18, 2013 at 7:42 am
***BINGO***
One does have to wonder about the level-of-intelligence concerning the BDA police!!
He has been convicted and sentenced, which means that we have to support this non-Bermudian poison smuggler. Ship his a@@ back to his own country. We work too hard, take pay cuts, and unneccessary deductions only to house these criminals. I would rather put my money to better use.
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