No bail for construction worker found with illegal gun and ammo

Nov 09, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday remanded a construction worker to prison on a charge of illegal gun and ammunition possession.
Thirty-year-old Marlon Smartt denied the allegation that on November 3 at Regent Street,

Remanded to prison Marlon Smartt

Georgetown, he had in his possession a .32 pistol and three live rounds of .32 ammunition, when he was not a licenced firearm holder.
He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Adrian Thompson.
The lawyer in his application to secure bail for Smartt told the court that his client is the caretaker of a three-storey property at Regent Street where the gun and ammunition were allegedly found.
The lawyer added that his client would normally go and overlook the building because persons would enter the premises and steal stuff.
Thompson further told the court that his client was at a bar drinking, since it was his birthday, and when he returned to the building he saw the door open. He said a few minutes later the police conducted a raid on the building and the gun and ammunition were found.
The lawyer told the court that his client when arrested was too intoxicated to answer to the allegations.
Police Prosecutor Simone Payne objected to bail being granted to the defendant citing the serious nature of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts.
The objection was upheld by the magistrate and the defendant was remanded to prison.
The father of three was instructed to make his next court appearance on November 15.

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