Reggae Singer George Nooks Set For Trial On July 27 For Illegal Possession Of Cocaine

Reggae singer George Nooks will finally get the chance to clear his name when he heads to trial on July 27 to answer to charges of illegal possession of cocaine.

“We’re quite confident, we believe in the innocence of our client in this matter. He has given us clear instructions and we’re prepared to defend him to the best of our ability,” attorney-at-law Donahue Martin told DancehallMag.

Nooks is also being represented by Tom Tavares Finson, as well as Christopher Townsend and Kaysain Kennedy of the Corporate Area-based TWP Attorneys-at-Law.

The veteran singer was arrested for an April 2019 incident and charged with possession of cocaine and attempting to pervert the course of justice. In October 2020, he spent a night in police lock-up, and his vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz GL 450 SUV, was seized. It was subsequently returned to him.

Allegations are that Nooks ingested “some substance” after being accosted by the police in Liguanea, St Andrew, in April 2019. He was taken to Kingston Public Hospital for observation and subsequently released.

This is not Nooks’s first run-in with the law on drug-related charges. He was freed of a similar charge on May 21, 2019.

Nooks is known for songs such as the version of Little Roy’s Tribal War, Forty Legs Dread, and the gospel hit, Ride Out the Storm. Since the death of his grandmother in 2001, Nooks has primarily recorded gospel material. His 2016 album Ride Out Your Storm reached number 4 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and number 22 on the Gospel chart.