of recession on his children, was jailed for one year on Thursday. Michael W.

Raynor pleaded guilty to possession of 135.15 grammes of cannabis with intent to sell.

Crown counsel Sharon Kenny said Police search Raynor's Roberts Avenue home on January 30. In the carpentry workshop, they found a plastic bag containing plant material. Raynor said: "That's just herb.'' He was arrested and cautioned.

Raynor then told Police about other caches of cannabis in the house. some was found in sink and in a pair of bongo drums.

Miss. Kenny said the total estimated street value of the cannabis recovered was $6,150.

Mr. Archie Warner told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis that his client was given a six month prison sentence suspended for two yeas when he was convicted on July 30, 1990 for an offence. He asked Mr. Francis to lift the suspension as the two years were nearly over. But Mr. Francis said January 30, 1992 was well within the two year period.

Mr. Warner said Raynor was a self-employed carpenter with a wife and two children. He said Raynor only sold the drug to provide income to support his children in hard times and that the drug was part of his Rastafarian religion.

Mr. Warner said Raynor did not sell cannabis on the streets but only to his friends, who were also Rastafarians.

Mr. Francis sentenced Raynor to six months in prison and activated the suspended sentence bring the total sentence to one year.