TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Calvin Dover appeared on Friday before Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore charged with unlawful possession of ammunition in a charge that detailed that he had two live rounds of 9mm ammunition in his possession when he was not the holder of a firearm licence, on July 22 in Georgetown.

The prosecution’s facts are that on the day in question, at around 18:00hrs, Dover was arrested pending investigations into an allegation that he had discharged a loaded firearm. He was taken to the Alberttown Police Station, where a search was conducted on his person and two 9mm live rounds of ammunition and one metal police badge were found in his back pants pocket. He was told of the offence committed and was arrested and charged.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, and Attorney-at-law Mr. Adrian Thompson, representing the defendant, told the court that his client was at a wake when there was an explosion, and persons ran away from the scene but his client remained, and he faced a subsequent confrontation about a firearm and whether he was the holder of a licence.

The attorney said the police were called in, and Dover was arrested and taken to the station, where he had been kept in custody since Tuesday last, although he had been placed on an ID parade but did not fit the description.

Thompson also argued that the information presented in court by Police Prosecutor Adduni Inniss to the effect that Dover was searched at the station is not proper police investigation, since Dover should have been searched at the scene of the crime.

However, Dover was refused bail and will be remanded until August 13.