SAMPLES taken from Swakopmund resident Cheryl Green’s house when the police confiscated cannabis plants in July 2019, contained a dependence-producing compound.
This is according to an affidavit by senior forensic analyst John Shomeya which deputy prosecutor general Henry Muhongo submitted to Swakopmund magistrate Conchita Olivier during Green’s trial on Monday.
Green (59) is accused of being found in possession of a dependence-producing substance.
Evidence confiscated from her house in July 2019 included 71 cannabis plants, oil, and seeds.
Defence lawyer Richard Metcalfe said an affidavit stating that the seized evidence contained a dependence-producing substance was not enough, though, and that if Shomeya was not in court to clarify his findings through cross-examination, he would make use of former Namibian forensic science institute head Paul Ludik as forensic analyst for the defence.
“There must be evidence that the object opened is the same as that which had been submitted, and that the findings are as was stated,” Metcalfe said. “I doubt that the evidence exists,” he said.
The state and defence agreed that Shomeya would attend court proceedings on 26 January for the continuation of Green’s trial.
She was arrested and charged in July 2019 with growing cannabis and being in possession of cannabis seeds and oil.
Metcalfe has been arguing that the plants and other material found in her possession was hemp and was legally sold at shops as a health and cooking…
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SAMPLES taken from Swakopmund resident Cheryl Green’s house when the police confiscated cannabis plants in July 2019, contained a dependence-producing compound.
This is according to an affidavit by senior forensic analyst John Shomeya which deputy prosecutor general Henry Muhongo submitted to Swakopmund magistrate Conchita Olivier during Green’s trial on Monday.
Green (59) is accused of being found in possession of a dependence-producing substance.
Evidence confiscated from her house in July 2019 included 71 cannabis plants, oil, and seeds.
Defence lawyer Richard Metcalfe said an affidavit stating that the seized evidence contained a dependence-producing substance was not enough, though, and that if Shomeya was not in court to clarify his findings through cross-examination, he would make use of former Namibian forensic science institute head Paul Ludik as forensic analyst for the defence.
“There must be evidence that the object opened is the same as that which had been submitted, and that the findings are as was stated,” Metcalfe said. “I doubt that the evidence exists,” he said.
The state and defence agreed that Shomeya would attend court proceedings on 26 January for the continuation of Green’s trial.
She was arrested and charged in July 2019 with growing cannabis and being in possession of cannabis seeds and oil.
Metcalfe has been arguing that the plants and other material found in her possession was hemp and was legally sold at shops as a health and cooking…
