Woman Changes Plea to Not Guilty After Prison Time for Drug Utensil Possession

A 50-year-old Belize City woman has changed her guilty plea to not guilty after spending 3 nights in prison. Kerisha Harris appeared before a Magistrate in Court today where she was read a single charge of possession of drug utensils. Harris appeared in Court on Friday for the charge where she initially pleaded not guilty but was denied bail and sent to prison for not showing up to her court dates for a previous charge of burglary. In Court today, Harris pleaded guilty to the possession of a pipe and was slapped with a fine of $1,000 plus $5.00 court fine which she has until June 30 to pay in default to 3 months imprisonment.