Tag: gun crime
Man due in court over bullet-proof vest
(CNS): A 51-year-old West Bay man, who was arrested in July for possessing a bullet-proof vest, has now been charged and is due to appear in court, Monday. Police seized the illegal vest during a search carried out on 1 July at an address on Pleasant Drive, West Bay. It was one of two searches […]
Piece of gun found on GT street after shots fired
(CNS): In the early hours of Friday morning police found a component of a firearm in Central George Town after responding to a report of shots being fired on Eastern Avenue. No details of what the piece of the gun was but police said that at around 4:30am they were called to the intersection with […]
Man gets 16 years for part in deadly gunfight
(CNS): Mikkyle Brandon Leslie (36) was handed a 16-year prison term on Wednesday for his part in a gang-related shoot-out at a bar in Central George Town last summer in which two men lost their lives and two others were wounded. When the unknown killer had begun shooting outside the Globe Bar on Martin Drive […]
Gunman was returning fire, says lawyer
(CNS): Mikkyle Brandon Leslie (36) could be facing more than a decade behind bars over a loaded gun that he fired outside a bar in George Town in February 2020. But at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, his defence attorney told the court that Leslie had come under fire before he used the gun, which […]
Cops recover casings after two reports of gunfire
(CNS) Police have recovered two lots of spent shell casings following two separate reports of guns being fired at different locations in George Town on Saturday morning. No one was shot in either case but a house was shot at in the second incident. The first report was around 4:20am on 9 July in the […]
Cops round up another suspect gunman
(CNS); Police have charged a second man in relation to an incident where shots were fired on a George Town street last month. The 27-year-old man from West Bay is the second person to be charged in this case after another West Bay man, aged 31, was charged earlier this month. Both men are facing […]
Two gun crimes over the weekend in East End
(CNS): Two apparently unrelated gun crimes happened in East End over the weekend. In one case, the police have charged a man with the possession of a replica handgun with intent, in the other they are appealing for witnesses to an altercation that involved a firearm.
Police appeal for wanted violent armed man
(CNS): The RCIPS is making a second appeal for information on the whereabouts of Justin Kyle Jackson (23), who is now wanted in relation to last night’s police pursuit. The police previously appealed to the public concerning Jackson after he breached the terms of his conditional release from prison. Last night, after police officers at […]
Suspect gunman arrested, another at large
(CNS): Police have arrested a man for possession of an unlicensed firearm following a stop and search Friday evening on Yacht Drive, West Bay. At around 6pm police pulled over two men in a white Toyota Yaris, but as they did both the men fled on foot. Police pursued them and managed to catch a […]
Shots fired during gas station armed robbery
(CNS): A gunman fired his weapon into the air as he entered the Esso gas station on Dorcy Drive shortly after 10pm Tuesday night before demanding cash from a customer. He was one of two men who had arrived at the scene on a motorbike and afterwards they both left on the bike. The robbery […]
CO blames pandemic for failure to respond to OAG
(CNS): Acting Chief Officer Nellie Pouchie blamed the impact of the pandemic on the health ministry when it was already short-staffed, as she explained why the ministry had not responded to a report by the Office of the Auditor General that raised significant concerns about the pharmacy services.
