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Murder suspect gets 4 years on gun and ammo charge

Feb 21, 2015 News

Kelvin Alfred will be spending the next four years behind bars after he was found guilty of having in his possession a semi automatic pistol, even though he is not a licensed firearm holder.
Magistrate Judy Latchman found Alfred, 23 of Second Street, Crane Housing Scheme guilty as charged for the offence yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He first appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan on August 4 last year.
The prosecution informed the court that the man has no antecedents; the man however said that he has a pending matter before the court.
Before sentencing Alfred, Latchman considered all the mitigating factors. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $60,000.
Alfred is currently before the court on a murder charge. He is charged with the murder of 75 – year – old pensioner, Joyce Lewis.
Lewis had been living alone at her Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt home since her husband, a former Police Inspector, passed away three years ago.
On the morning of March 26, last, a relative ventured to Lewis’ house after she failed to answer several calls made to both her cellular and landline phones. It was then that her body was discovered.
According to reports, there were marks on the pensioner’s neck which suggested that she had been strangled. Her underwear was partially removed and her home was ransacked.
It was believed that the perpetrators gained entry into Lewis’ home by climbing through a bay window near the verandah.  Police had confirmed that they found a “fresh” footprint on the window ledge.
Crime scene detectives had found a large knife wrapped in a rag in Mrs. Lewis’ front yard.
It was five months after she was killed that the police were able to charge Williams. Reports are that Williams’ fingerprints were among several that investigators found in the slain woman’s house.

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