EIGHTEEN-year-old, Mark Anthony who is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot during a shootout with the police last September, was on Friday sentenced to 38 months jail for three firearm related charges.
Anthony was convicted by City Magistrate Dylon Bess after six months on trial for possession of illegal gun and ammunition and discharging a loaded firearm at a police officer.
Anthony, who, during his court hearings, would have to be brought to court by the police ambulance and carried in the courtroom by police officers in a stretcher, was subsequently released on $150,000 after his mother pleaded with the Magistrate.
The offence alleged that on September 26, 2016 at Laing Avenue, Georgetown, Anthony had an unlicensed .38 revolver with three live rounds. It is further alleged that on the same day, he discharged a loaded firearm at Police Officer, Roger Pilgrim, with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.
After a probation report was read in court on Friday, Magistrate Bess fined Anthony $100,000 for the possession of the gun and $50,000 for the ammunition, along with 1 year imprisonment on each. Additionally, Anthony was sentenced to 18 months jail for shooting at the officer. These sentences will run concurrently.