Watt case put off
Published:Tuesday | December 23, 2008 | 12:27 PM
The employee of the Ministry of Finance who was last week charged for drug possession had her bail extended when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court this morning.
Verline Hyacinth Watt, 60, the Director of the Ministry of Finance\'s MOU Secretariat, and her son were charged after the police raided their home while investigating a possible case of abduction.
A quantity of a substance, believed to be cocaine was reportedly found in her upper St Andrew house.
It was revealed in court this morning that preliminary forensic tests indicated that the substance is not cocaine.
The case has been put off until December 31.
The court has requested that the forensic analyst be present during that hearing to provide more details and to confirm the nature of the substance.
The Crown has also asked that the charges be dropped against the woman.
A decision is to be made regarding Ms. Watt’s fate next Wednesday.