A MINER accused of discharging a gun in public and threatening the police with said firearm to prevent apprehension was placed on $25,000 bail yesterday by Magistrate Ann McLennan.Lennox Dettering of Mahdia was charged for discharging a loaded firearm within the vicinity of Sunil’s Grocery Shop within 100 meters of a public way.
It’s also alleged that Dettering threatened police constable Rodney by pointing at him with a gun saying, “If yuh t’ink yuh bad, come fuh meh.’’ The 27-year-old denied both charges.
His lawyer, Gordon Gilhuys explained that his client was coming home from a disco in the area in the wee hours of the morning because it was his birthday, when his friends lit a few squibs for the celebration, when the officer on duty nearby thought it was gunshots.
Deterring was released on bail, after prosecutor Deniro Jones had no objection to bail.
The matter was transferred to the Mahdia Magistrates Court for October 28.