Twenty-one year old Tameya Leshaun Davis of Raynors Drive in Southampton admitted a charge of handling 447 grams of cannabis for supply during the plea court session of Magistrates' Court.

Ms Davis was caught with the drugs at the Bermuda International Airport back on January 1 as she and a travelling companion returned to the Island from New Jersey.

Crown prosecutor Cindy Clark told the court the drugs were found wrapped in fabric softener sheets and tucked into the front of a pair of Ms Davis' shoes during a routine search by Customs officers in the Airport Arrivals hall.

After discovering the three zip locked packets of plant material wrapped in fabric softener sheets, Davis and her luggage were escorted to a special Customs room where the officers continued the search and found another four packets in a blue jacket belonging to her.

Prosecutor Clark said that Davis confessed to Police that she had gone to New Jersey to bring back cannabis for a man in Bermuda and that she followed instructions on how to wrap the drugs and bring them in.

Through her lawyer Richard Horseman, the court heard that Davis had recognised the "foolish error of her judgment'' and was ashamed of the embarrassment she brought to herself and her family.

"She realises she must suffer the consequences of her actions and is prepared to begin her sentence today,'' he said.

Mr. Horseman urged Magistrate Ed King to order a social inquiry report but Mr.

King refused telling Davis: "Drugs are destroying the very fabric of our society and right thinking people have adopted a zero tolerance on the matter.'' He pointed out that the maximum sentence is five years and told Davis that he had awarded her a 20 percent reduction for her guilty plea and previous clean record. He sentenced her to four years in prison.

JAIL FOR WOMAN WHO GAVE INMATE DRUGS CTS Jail for woman who gave inmate drugs A woman who passed heroin and cannabis to an inmate at the Prison Farm was sent to jail for a year this week.

"This is a very serious offence and I feel the only appropriate sentence would be a custodial one,'' said Magistrate Archie Warner after he found 37-year-old Wendy Dill guilty following a two-day trial.

Evidence was heard from Prison Officer Kim Pitcher, who said he thought Prison Farm inmate Charles Riley was acting suspicious as he was being visited by Dill on October 17, last year.

He said he decided to search Riley following the visit.

Three birthday cards in envelopes had been given to him by Dill. Two were in his hands but one was stuffed into his pocket.

When he found out he was to be searched, Riley threw this one over a wall and it was later found to contain quantities of both diamorphine and cannabis.

On passing sentence, Mr. Warner said he took cases dealing with the drug problem in prisons and the community "very seriously''.

He added that he felt Dill, of Lighthouse Lane, Southampton, "must be incarcerated''.

Dill was visibly upset by the ruling and asked: "What does it mean? That means I have to go straight to prison?'' Riley, who was since moved to the Westgate Correctional Facility, will face charges of possessing the drugs later this year.

MAN WAS GOING OVER 100K CTS Man was going over 100K A Southampton man said he was rushing home to take his mother to the hospital when he was stopped by Police going 101 kilometres per hour.

Donnell Baily, 24, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates' Court to speeding but explained that he was the only person in his family that had a driver's licence.

When Magistrate Edward King asked why he did not call an ambulance he gave no reply.

Mr. King then asked if he had told the officer he was going to take his mother to the hospital.

Baily said: "The officer didn't want to hear about my Mama.'' When Baily's mother addressed the court she explained that she was very dependent on her son driving her around.

"Your honour, that's my son. I am a sickly person and I depend on him to take me where I need to go.

"Last time my son called the ambulance, do you know how long it took for them to come?'' she said.

Baily was fined $500 and disqualified from all vehicles for the next three years.

Mr. King explained that the speed Baily was going was too fast to just let the matter go even though his intentions were good.

He could have seriously hurt himself, someone else or damaged someone's property if he had crashed.

However Mr. King did say that after 18 months it would be possible for Baily to apply to have his disqualification withdrawn.

HIT WITH A CRASH HELMET CTS Hit with a crash helmet A Sandys woman received a six month conditional discharge in Magistrates' Court yesterday for hitting another woman in the head with a crash helmet.

Marketa Rita Raynor, 17 of Cricket Lane, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with the intent to cause bodily harm, but told the court the only reason she was doing so was because she could not get any of her witnesses to come to court.

Magistrate Edward King told her he was not interested in whether or not she had witnesses. He only wanted to know if she was pleading guilty or not.

The court heard that Raynor, a student a the Bermuda College, approached the complainant in the City Hall car park after she had walked away from an argument with someone else.

As she walked away she was approached by Raynor, who hit her over the head with a crash helmet.

The person that the complainant had had the original argument with was not in the car park when Police arrived on the scene.

Raynor told the court that she was sorry for what happened and that it would never happen again.

She also said that she would not like to go to prison, be able to finish school and start he new job on Monday.

"I take into account your guilty plea, your age and your erstwhile clean record,'' said Mr. King. "I am giving you a conditional discharge for six months.''