$.5M bail for coke accused hairdresser

Friday-Teller, 36, of Corinth Settlement, Ste Madeleine, re-appeared before a San Fernando magistrate to answer the charge, and was granted bail in the sum of $.5 million. Friday-Teller’s attorney, Ian Gray, said the accused hairdresser was unable to raise the bail sum up to late yesterday. The woman was escorted back into custody. Magistrate Armina Deonarinesingh, presiding in the Second Magistrates’ Court, ordered bail be granted to Friday-Teller, with two sureties to be approved by the Clerk of the Peace.

Up to late yesterday, Friday-Teller, who is charged with trafficking in 1.4 kilogrammes of cocaine, remained in custody at Remand Yard. She first appeared before Deonarinesingh on Monday, after her arrest on Friday. She was remanded into custody to re-appear yesterday pending a trace on her record. When the matter came up yesterday, police prosecutor Sgt Joey Samaroo told the magistrate that the accused had no criminal record. However, while not objecting to bail, Sgt Samaroo asked that the accused’s passport be kept in the possession of the Clerk of the Peace. The court prosecutor told the magistrate that Friday-Teller could be deemed a flight risk. Gray objected to Samaroo’s submission, saying that his client definitely did not represent a flight risk because she has ties in Trinidad and Tobago.

The attorney told Deonarinesingh that Friday-Teller owns a business and has three children between two and 16 years old. However, Sgt Samaroo told the magistrate that the name listed on the accused passport is Abigail Friday and not Abigail-Teller.

In setting bail with sureties, Deonarinesingh said that she had no lawful reason to withhold the accused’s passport. Friday-Teller will reappear on December 13.