into Bermuda, claimed yesterday that she lied to Police in an interview.

And she testified that she also lied when she told officers that the small quantity of cannabis they found in a cigar box during a search at the Belmont Hotel was hers.

Both of these revelations came during the fourth day of her Supreme Court trial. Cole, 21, of Hollis Avenue, Queen's, New York, is the daughter of reggae superstar Judy Mowatt.

She has been charged with conspiring to import cannabis valued at $160,000 into the Island between September 15 and September 17, 1994.

She is also accused of importing the drug on September 17.

Cole's mother, who performed last year at the Culture Shock reggae concert in Somerset, covered her face during part of her daughter's testimony.

The court heard that Cole had attempted suicide four times, had developed a dependency on alcohol at the age of 13 and had been expelled from five different high schools, including ones in Miami and New Jersey, for bad behaviour.

A tearful Cole said that she ingested an overdose of sleeping pills after her daughter, born in 1990, was taken away from her.

"I know why (I attempted suicide),'' she said. "Everything was not working out for me. I thought I was failing.'' Cole said she moved back to Jamaica when she dropped out of school in Miami to try to mend her relationship with her daughter's father but it didn't work out.

In 1993 she began working for her mother's production company as a manager.

She also made screens for T-shirts and helped to book reggae shows.

By the time she arrived in Bermuda for the Culture Shock show, Cole said they had been touring for seven weeks and Bermuda was the last stop.

Cole said she also took care of her younger brother Jahnoi when her mother was away performing.

"Jahnoi has been expelled from school for selling weed,'' she said. "He was always getting into trouble with weed.'' During the seven-week tour, Cole said all the performers had one free day to shop. Consequently they had excess baggage when they reached the airport in Baltimore.

As a result, their agent told them to carry only two pieces of luggage to Bermuda. Cole said she checked one suitcase for her brother although she could not say what that it looked like.

She said her brother gave her some receipts, which was not unusual because part of her job involved liaising with her mother's accountants.

At the Belmont Hotel, Cole said she lied to Police when she said the cannabis found in a cigar box was hers because she wanted to protect the saxophone player who was needed to play in the concert.

Cole said the Police never read her the prison rights form or told her she had a right to remain silent or consult a lawyer.

She said she made up the story that she bought the sheets, comforter and fabric softener that were used to conceal the drugs, and gave them to a friend.

That friend, she told Police, had packed her suitcase which was later found to contain seven pounds of marijuana when it was intercepted.

Cole said she made up the story because Det. Con. Alex Severin was banging his fist on the table and shouting at her during the interview.

The truth, Cole said, was that she knew nothing about the drugs, comforter, fabric softener or the sheets until she was told about them by Police.

She said her brother told her he had put the keys, which were later found to open the suitcase that contained the drugs, in her handbag after she had been arrested.

The case continues today before Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground. Mr.

Philip Storr appears for the Crown.

stocking mask to hide her face as she left the Supreme Court yesterday.