Buxton man charged for illegal gun, threatening behaviour

Days after Police in Regional Division 4C, East Coast Demerara (ECD), arrested a man who was attempting to break into a female’s house at Buxton, ECD, he was charged.
On Monday, 39-year-old Questo Barth, a miner of Sideline Dam Buxton, ECD, was charged with the offences of possession of firearm without licence and threatening behaviour.
He appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabyo Azore where the charges were read to him and he pleaded not guilty. He was remanded to prison, and the case was adjourned to April 11.
Police said they responded to a domestic violence report made by a 46-year-old woman of Buxton, ECD. When they arrived at the scene, they arrested the 39-year-old man whom they searched and unearthed a revolver in the waist of his pants.

He was also armed with a cutlass and a small axe. The man had earlier violently threatened the complainant and had attempted to enter her premises by breaking windows, in the process of which he had received injuries.
He was arrested and taken to the GPHC, where he was treated under guard for a fractured skull.
Not long before this incident occurred, Police had nabbed a man with a .40 Glock firearm and three matching rounds of ammunition at Buxton, ECD.
A search was conducted at his residence at Company Path Road, Buxton, ECD, after a report was made that he had discharged a loaded firearm at a 28-year-old woman.
During the search of the premises, the suspect was caught in his bedroom with the firearm in his hands in an attempt to hide it. Police ranks subsequently managed to retrieve the firearm, which turned out to be a .40 Glock pistol along with three matching rounds of ammunition.
The suspect, along with two female occupants of the house, were later arrested and charged. (G9)