A lawyer representing a woman charged with receiving stolen property told the Corporate Area Resident Magis-trate's Court on Wednes-day that she is unable to continue her education as a result of her case.

The woman, Marsha Bell, is accused of purchasing a motor vehicle with the knowledge that it was stolen. This claim was denied by Bell.

According to Bell's lawyer, the accused legitimately purchased the vehicle with cash from a man and a woman (identified as a nurse) last September in the Corporate Area.

The attorney further explained that his client met the two during the transaction at the Constant Spring branch of the Inland Revenue Department where the documents for the car were given to her. It is said that Bell transferred the vehicle into her name on the title from that location.

Unaware of the status

Unaware of the status of the motor vehicle, Bell's lawyer told the court that his client received a phone call from the police informing her that the vehicle she owned was previously stolen. It is claimed that she went to the police station.

Bell, who resides in Claren-don, said that since the beginning of the case, she has been unable to further her studies indicating that she was not accepted into a school which she applied to because of her court case.

Indicating that it is an injustice to delay justice, Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey urges the court's prosecutor to complete her file for trial, giving her one week. Bell should return to court on July 16.