A man who imported cannabis resin into Bermuda has denied planning to sell the drug on the island.

Keneth Butterfield, 46, admitted swallowing more than 110 grams of the controlled drug to bring it into the island when he appeared in court in February.

He reappeared in court for a sentencing hearing yesterday.

During the hearing, Butterfield, from St George’s, admitted consuming an average of three grams of cannabis daily for health reasons.

He also admitted refusing to be X-rayed at LF Wade International Airport after arriving on the island last February, because of the substance being in his system.

However, while being questioned by prosecutor T’Deana Spencer, Butterfield repeatedly denied importing the drug so he could sell it, maintaining that it was all for his own use.

Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, told the court in February that the drugs, which Butterfield bought in Britain and excreted at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, would sell for more than $11,000 on Bermuda’s streets if sold by the ounce and more than $22,000 by the gram.

Butterfield was sentenced to seven years behind bars in 2010, for his involvement in a $850,000 cannabis importation scheme.

Magistrate Craig Attridge adjourned the case to May 31 for sentencing and extended Butterfield’s $25,000 bail until that time.

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