A British Airways stewardess will be flown to the Island to give evidence in the heroin importation trial of a Pembroke man.

Puisne Judge Philip Storr told the Supreme Court jurors they would be contacted over the holiday weekend to be told when to appear for the resumption of the trial.

At the close of the morning session last week of the trial of Floyd McCoy Hayward, the seven-woman, five-man jury heard the stewardess was on her way to Accra, Ghana, on a BA flight.

Hayward's lawyer Elizabeth Christopher told Mr. Justice Storr she was only told on Thursday as the trial began the woman would not be called by the prosecution.

Hayward, 45, of Friswell's Hill, denies importing 81.5 grams of diamorphine on April 9 while on a BA flight from London.

Clare Holt, a doctor, flying here for a vacation, attended to Hayward whom she said was drifting in and out of consciousness as a result of a heroin overdose. After stabilising Hayward for the final hour of the six-hour flight, Dr. Holt said on Thursday she found a fist- sized package in his pants just as the plane was landing.

She immediately gave the package to flight attendant Ian Morgan.

Last week, Police dog handler Andrew Rawlings said Mr. Morgan handed the package to him once he entered the plane.

Under questioning by Crown counsel Patrick Doherty, P.c. Rawlings said he secured the package in his truck, searched the plane, then brought his dog on for a more thorough check. Nothing was found. P.c. Rawlings admitted to Ms Christopher he found a tan handbag among her client's possessions, which he later turned over to the Narcotics Department stores officer. Government analyst Kevin Leask told the court his findings on the contents of the package showed it was 81.5 grams of 50-percent pure diamorphine.

No evidence was offered to the court on the value of the drugs.

Emergency medical technician Larry Packwood told the court Hayward was given an intravenous drip of pure saline solution while being taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital "to flush whatever out''.

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