A SEVENTEEN-year-old young man who is accused of being caught with a Magnum revolver and ammunition at a house in Kitty was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.The youth, a mason of Sophia, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on Sunday, October 18 he had a .37 Magnum revolver and five rounds of ammunition in his possession while not being the holder of a firearm licence.
The defendant’s lawyer, Mr. Paul Fung-a-Fat in his application for bail pleaded that his client was a juvenile with a strong alibi which was that police on patrol found a gun in the bush along Alexander Street, Kitty and held on to his client who was the only person walking along the road at the said time.
But according to the prosecution’s facts which were narrated by police corporal Deniro Jones, the teen was arrested with the gun and ammunition which was found in his pants crotch during a search the police conducted at a known drug house in Alexander Street, Kitty.
Corporal Jones said ballistic tests were currently being carried out on the gun to aid in other police investigations.
The chief magistrate upheld the prosecutor’s objection and remanded the teenager until November 9 when he will appear in Court 10 before Magistrate Alex Moore.