– remanded to prison

ASHIEK Mohamed (no address given) was remanded to prison yesterday, by Chief Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, on unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition charges.The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges, one of which said, on Thursday, December 19, at Palm Court in Main Street, Georgetown, he had four live rounds of ammunition without being the holder of a firearm licence.
The other allegation against him is that, also at Palm Court, he had one unlicensed Taurus pistol.
Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, told the Court, that night, ranks observed a man acting in a suspicious manner and the same man handed the firearm to the defendant.
The ranks then approached and apprehended Mohamed and the other man made good his escape.
Attorney-at-law Mr. Adrian Thompson made a failed bail application to which the prosecutor successfully objected, citing the seriousness and prevalence of the crimes.
The cases will be called, again, on January 15, 2014.

(Geta Rampersaud)