The second day of Deborah Wallata Cole's Supreme Court trial was held up for more than an hour yesterday when a female juror failed to show up on time.

Cole, 20, who is the daughter of reggae superstar Judy Mowatt, is charged with conspiring with others to import cannabis with a street value of $160,000 into the Island between September 15 and 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, was at the back of the court.

Meanwhile, the juror had to be brought from her workplace to court in a Police vehicle.

Cole, of New York, is alleged to have brought the drugs in a grey and black suitcase wrapped in fabric softener on September 17.

Customs officers discovered the suitcase and opened it. Inside they found two queen sized sheets and a comforter.

Beneath that they found 10 packages containing plant material. Police then went to the Belmont Hotel later that day and arrested Cole.

Inside Cole's handbag officers found keys, one of which opened the suitcase, and receipts for fabric softener and a comforter.

During cross examination of Customs officer Olivia Pitcher, the court heard that Cole told officers she had bought the sheets and comforter and given them to a friend named Denise Davenport.

Davenport, Cole said, was supposed to pack the suitcase for her and bring it to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

However, in a subsequent statement, Cole said Davenport bought the sheets and comforter and told her she (Davenport) would pack the suitcase and bring it to the airport where she would meet Cole.

Mr. Richard Hector, representing Cole, charged that Pitcher, who made notes while Cole's bags were searched and during an interview at Police headquarters, deliberately left out significant information because she was guided to do so by Det. Con. Alex Severin.

Mr. Hector said Det. Con. Severin swore at Cole and told her she would not be granted bail because she was a foreign national.

He also charged that Det. Con. Severin neglected to properly advise his client about her right to remain silent and to have a lawyer present.

Pitcher denied all these allegations and said that at no time was she told what she could or could not put into her notes.

The case continues today before Mr. Justice Ground. Mr. Philip Storr appears for the Crown.