A 60-year-old grandmother convicted of drug importation was jailed on Friday after she appeared in court for a bail hearing.

Priscilla Delores Williams, 60, of Bulkhead Drive, Warwick, was convicted on December 8, 2005 of importing and possessing more than $8,000 worth of cannabis on January 5.

She was granted bail to return to court for sentencing at that time but minutes after leaving the court following her conviction, she confronted Crown counsel Oonagh Vaucrosson in the street.

?She accosted Ms Vaucrosson and her father in a threatening manner as they were walking down the street,? Senior Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said in Supreme Court on Friday. ?Her intent was to obstruct justice by attacking an officer of the court.?

Mr. Mahoney said Ms Vaucrosson?s father was concerned for his daughter?s safety and reported the matter to the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions, Vinette Graham-Allan.

When the DPP confronted Williams about her conduct, Mr. Mahoney said Williams could not recall what she had said.

Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher argued there was no record that either Ms Vaucrosson or her father were threatened and her client should be released.

Williams called Ms Vaucrosson a ?liar?, Ms Christopher said, which only amounted to contempt of court and a three-day prison sentence, not a month on remand.

?Although my client was confused (about) what the words were, the court should punish that behaviour with a short, sharp shock,? Ms Christopher said.

But when Mr. Mahoney countered that Williams also failed to appear at the January arraignments session, Ms Christopher added while Williams was confused of the date, she arrived the next day of her own steam.

Ms Christopher asked for a pre-sentencing psychological report when Williams was convicted but on Friday she told the court the report may not be ready for many months.

She said her client should not be forced to spend months in prison waiting to be screened by the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.

Mr. Justice Greaves asked whether any other psychiatrists could do the report but Ms Christopher said it would cost her client extra.

The judge refused the bail application and remanded Williams until her sentencing, when time already served would be taken into account.

?All because she called Ms Vaucrosson a liar,? Ms Christopher said.