TWO more defendants were remanded to prison yesterday on charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.Before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, 20-year-old student of Global Technology, Jameen Farheem, of Lot ‘F’ 24 Guyhoc Park and Phillip Mc Pherson, 20, of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, both pleaded not guilty to the offence that said, on Thursday, December 19, at Ogle International Airport, East Coast Demerara, they had in their possession one .45 pistol without being the lawful holders of a firearm licence.
They also denied that, the same day, at Ogle, they had four live .45 ammunition without being the lawful holder of a firearm licence.
Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, told the Court that an air service security officer saw Mc Pherson pass the gun to Farheem and he reported the occurrence, causing a subsequent search to be carried out on both defendants and the weapon was recovered.
Attorney-at-law Mr. Euclin Gomes, representing Farheem, said his facts are contrary to those presented by the prosecution, as his client denies any knowledge of the allegation.
The lawyer requested reasonable bail, stating that Farheem has no antecedents and is, currently, pursuing a computer technician course.
But the prosecutor, successfully, objected to the grant of pre-trial liberty, stating that no special reason was advanced on behalf of either defendant.
The case has been transferred to the Sparendaam Court, East Coast Demerara, for Monday, December 23.