Mighty Duke’s son fined for marijuana

Prince Clint Mendez, 35, of Corinth Hill, Ste Madeleine, near San Fernando, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Brambhanan Dubay in the San Fernando Magistrates Court to the having ten grammes of marijuana during J’Ouvert celebrations on Monday.

He was arrested at Lord Street, San Fernando.

Police prosecutor Sgt Denzil Alexander related to the court that Mendez was standing on the road when police officers on patrol observed that he was acting suspiciously.

Upon searching him they discovered he had a clear plastic bag in one of his pockets which contained the marijuana. Mendez was arrested and taken to the Marabella Police Station where he was charged. Attorney Ainsley Lucky, who represented him, told Dubay that Mendez is the son of the late Mighty Duke (Kelvin Pope) and he was “caught-up” like everyone else in the euphoria of the Carnival season.

The Mighty Duke was a four-time calypso monarch and is from Point Fortin. Mendez, the attorney said, had one previous conviction for marijuana in 2008.

Dubay ordered him to pay the fine in 30 days or serve nine months in jail.