Carpenter who “found gun while digging yard” bailed

Thirty-two-year-old Paul Bishop, who was slapped with a gun-possession charge in the Magistrates’ Courts earlier last month, was released on by Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Friday.
Bishop, who plies his trade as a carpenter, was granted bail in the sum of $150,000.
The charge against him stated that the Freeman Street, La Penitence resident had, on October 9, 2018, a .32 pistol in his possession without being the holder of a firearm licence. He had denied the charge when he made his first court appearance.
However, facts presented by the prosecution revealed that on October 9, Police, acting on information, carried out a search on Bishop while he was in the Freeman Street, La Penitence area, and the unlicensed weapon was found on his person.
According to reports, Bishop was on a pedal cycle when he was confronted by the lawmen, and confessed in an oral statement that he had found the revolver while he was “digging in the front yard”.
Further, Police Prosecutor Richard Harris had objected to bail being granted on ground of the serious nature of the charge, but Bishop was nonetheless released on bail.