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THE BELIZE TIMES
Woman accused of
smuggling weed between her legs
Sofia Welch
Mark Conorquie
fined $13,500 for traffic death of Maurice Sedassey BELIZE CITY, Wed. March 30, 2011 Mark Conorquie, 40, a resident of Carmelita Village who was found guilty of causing the death of Maurice Sedassey by careless conduct, was fined $3,500 today by Justice Herbert Lord. Conorquie was ordered to pay $2,000 by July 31 and the balance by October 30. If he defaults on payment he will serve 15 months in prison. Justice Lord also ordered Conorquie to pay $10,000 in compensation to the family of the deceased. Before he decided on the sentence,
20 year old accused of trafficking 9lbs of weed
Jason Lamb
BELIZE CITY, Wed. March 30, 2011 Jason Lamb, 20, a construction worker who resides on Pelican Street was allegedly found over 8 pounds of cannabis on a red sofa in his living room. Today he was charged with drug trafficking in the #7 Magistrate’s Court. Lamb pleaded not guilty to the charge, and Magistrate Aretha Ford offered him a bail of $6,000, which he met. She adjourned his case until May 24. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. yesterday. The police went to Lamb’s house and upon their arrival they saw him coming out of his house with a towel wrapped around his waist. They ordered him back inside and he complied. The police reported that when they searched the house they found the cannabis amounting to 4 kilograms, in two plastic bags that were on a red sofa in the living room. One bag contained one kilogram. The other bag contained 3 bags, each with one kilogram reported the police. The bags and Lamb were taken to Queen Street Police Station. The bags were weighed and labeled as exhibits.
Mark Conorquie
Justice Lord heard pleas for mitigation from two character witnesses, retired Seventh Day Adventist Pastor Aquilano Jesse and Mrs. Jude Ico, the owner of a snack shop at a primary school in Carmelita Village. Conorquie was not represented by an attorney. The incident occurred between 12 and 1 p.m. on July 27, 2009 between miles 19 and 20 on the Northern Highway. Sedassey, who resided in Sandhill Village at mile 20, was riding his white beach cruiser bicycle from his home and was heading to a Chinese-owned shop at mile 19 to sell bottles when he was knocked down by a green Dodge Ram pick-up truck driven by Conorquie. Sedassey was flung from his bicycle. He received injuries to his body and broke his neck and died on the spot.
BELIZE CITY, Wd. March 30, 2011 A 22 year old self-employed woman, who allegedly tried to smuggle 92 grams of cannabis into Belize Central Prison in her underwear, was charged with drug trafficking when she appeared today in the #5 Magistrate’s Court. She is Sofia Welch, a resident of Jasmine Street. Welch pleaded not guilty to the charge, and Magistrate Albert Hoare offered her a bail of $5,000, which she met. He adjourned her case until May 13.
Sunday, April 3, 2011 The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. yesterday. The police in Hattieville reported that they received a call from the Belize Central Prison, Kolbe Foundation that Welch was caught trying to smuggle cannabis to an inmate she went to visit. Melissa Mendez, a Grade II Prison officer, reported to the police that when she searched Welch she found a black plastic bag containing the cannabis. She said the bag was in Welch’s underwear between her legs.