Buxton resident on bail for illegal gun, giving Police false information
A labourer accused of having an illegal firearm has been placed on $150,000 bail.
In addition, Roshane Dellon Pellew, called “Kevin Savory”, a 26-year-old labourer of Lot 25 Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is also charged with giving false information to the Police.
Pellew was arrested on August 2.
He is charged with the following offences: possession of firearm without licence, contrary to Section 16 (2)(a) of the Firearm Act; and giving false information to a public officer, contrary to Section 200 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act.
When he appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court last Friday before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore, Pellew pleaded not guilty to both charges.
He was granted $150,000 on the illegal firearm charge and $25,000 bail on the other charge.
The matters were postponed until October 16.
Meanwhile, in February 2020, Pellew was arraigned on an illegal gun charge.
The charge stated that on February 4, 2020, at Reliance, Public Road, East Canje, New Amsterdam, he had in his possession a .38 revolver when he was not the holder of a firearm licence.
He was remanded to prison after denying the charge.
The court heard that at the time, Police ranks acting on information stopped a motor car.
After exiting the car, Pellew reportedly pulled out a firearm from his waist and placed it under the front seat of the car. Pellew then made a sprint to escape but was apprehended by the ranks.
Police had said Pellew had claimed someone had given him the gun to bury. (G1)