Tag: gun possession
Customs officer faces trial over two loaded guns
(CNS): Timothy McKenzie (45), a customs officer currently on required leave with full pay while on remand at HMP Northward, has pleaded not guilty to four gun-related charges and is expected to go on trial before the end of this year. McKenzie appeared in court Friday and denied the illegal possession of two loaded semi-automatic […]
Two men arrested for attempted murder
(CNS): A 31-year-old man from George Town and a 28-year-old man from Bodden Town have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm following a shooting that happened in West Bay early Thursday morning in which a man was shot in the leg and a dog was shot and […]
Court rejects claim man found gun in porta-potty
(CNS): Adwen Anthony Simpson (37) is facing at least seven years behind bars after the court rejected his argument that there were exceptional circumstance relating to his admitted possession of a loaded .38 revolver found in his car when he was stopped by police last October on Shedden Road. Simpson had claimed that he had […]
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 seize gun in GT raid, two arrested
(CNS): A drug enforcement team comprising police, customs and border control officers conducted a series of searches under the Firearms Act on Friday, 1 July. At a residence on Crewe Road, George Town, an illegal gun was recovered and a 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, both from George Town, were arrested. The woman was […]
Charges laid in two separate illegal gun cases
(CNS): A 30-year-old George Town man employed by the police in a support role has been charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm. He was arrested last week following a search at his house when a loaded gun was found. In a separate case, a 31-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with possession […]
One man arrested over gunshots, another on the run
(CNS): A 25-year-old man from West Bay was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of an unlicensed firearm, but police are on the lookout for a second man who fled when they arrived at an address in West Bay. The arrest was part of an investigation into reports made around 1:00 Monday morning that someone […]
Cops seize gun after stabbing in Prospect
(CNS): Police seized a firearm and arrested two people after responding to an assault at a home on Domino Street, Prospect, early Sunday morning in which one man was stabbed. The RCIPS said that two men and a woman, all known to each other, were involved in an altercation during which the woman brandished a […]
George Town man charged over gun found in raid
(CNS) A 54-year-old man from George Town has now been charged with the possession of an unlicensed firearm after his arrest on Tuesday following a raid at a house on Rock Hole Road. Police had searched the house under the Misuse of Drugs Act and found a loaded revolver containing six rounds of ammunition. Two […]
Jackson denies killing former prison officer
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (23) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of former prison officer Harry Elliott (63) at an illegal gambling den in George Town on Monday, 25 April. However, appearing in Grand Court on Friday, Jackson did admit to possession of an unlawful gun that police seized from a car he was […]
