Senior Magistrate Leron Daly dismissed the charges against Andre Gomes, called ‘Zipper’ on the grounds that CANU prosecutor Konyo Sandiford failed to prove her case. He added that there was no evidence to clearly provide to the court of what transpired on the day in question.
Gomes was behind bars for the past five months, after he was charged and remanded for possession of 902 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Magistrate Daly who heard the case against the Craig Street, Campbellville businessman, ruled that during the trial, the eyewitnesse’s testimony which was told in court was discredited and the prosecution failed to prove the elements of the case, that Gomes indeed had the drugs in his possession. Another issue was that of the main witness, a CANU officer, who allegedly saw Gomes handling and disposing of the drugs in a black plastic bag through a window, but that was discredited through his testimony.
His attorney, Mark Waldron maintained throughout the trial that the drugs were not found in his client’s possession, but in an alleyway.
