A 40-year-old education professional has secured her release on $3,000 bail following an appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, where she formally entered a not guilty plea to a single count of malicious communication.
Sheriann Norris, a resident of Austin’s Drive in St Michael, stood before Acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick to answer the charge brought against her. Court documents allege that between the first of March and the seventh of April this year, Norris utilized a computer system to transmit an electronic message described as obscene. Prosecutors contend the communication was either intentionally created to trigger annoyance, inconvenience, significant distress or acute anxiety in the complainant, Akhnaten Burrowes, or that Norris acted with reckless disregard for the harm the message could cause.
Norris has repeatedly denied all allegations connected to the charge. Following the preliminary hearing, the court scheduled the next procedural step in the case for July 14, when all involved parties will reconvene to move the legal process forward.