Carpenter who “found gun while digging yard” remanded

Thirty-two-year-old Paul Bishop was on Friday hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts slapped with a gun possession charge.
Bishop, who plies his trade as a carpenter, denied the allegation that was made out against him.
The court heard that the Freeman Street, Albouystown resident on October, 9, 2018, had a .32 pistol in his possession without being the holder of a firearm licence.
The prosecution is contending that on the day in question, Police ranks acting on information carried out a search on the defendant while he was in the Freeman Street, Albouystown area, when the unlicensed weapon was found on his person.
According to reports, the accused was on a pedal bicycle when he was confronted by the lawmen and had confessed in an oral statement that he had found the revolver while he was “digging in the front yard”.
Further, Police Prosecutor Richard Harris objected to bail being granted on the grounds of the serious nature of the charge.
The prosecution’s submission was upheld by the Chief Magistrate who later remanded Bishop to prison until October 31.