Wife gets bail, husband stays behind bars in St Mary cocaine case
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A woman who was arrested and charged along with her husband in connection with the seizure of approximately three pounds of cocaine at their home in St Mary was granted bail in the sum of $900,000 on Monday at the Annotto Bay Parish Court.
Sixty-three-year-old Sonia Burgess Edwards, the wife of John Edwards of Huddersfield, was also required to surrender her travel documents.
Her attorney, Peter Champagnie, in making the bail application on behalf of her client, said she did not have any idea of its existence.
Champagnie also pointed to the fact that his client was not living permanently with her husband at the home but would visit regularly from the United Kingdom.
Bail was not granted to her husband.
Both accused are next to return on November 23, 2026.
Reports are that lawmen discovered the cocaine hidden in a section of the primary bedroom of the couple’s home on November 3, 2026.
