Man busted with unlicenced gun in hotel room remanded

A 49-year-old construction worker who Police said was busted at a city hotel with an unlicenced firearm has been remanded to prison for the offence. He was brought before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer the charges on Friday.

Julian Dow, 49, a construction worker of Perth Village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, denied the charges. They alleged that on August 18, at Hinck Street, Georgetown, he had a Bryco .38 pistol and five matching rounds of ammunition in his possession when he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at the time.
The Police prosecutor told the court that on the day in question at around 23:50h, Police ranks acting on information went to CJ Hotel at Lot 21-22 Hinck Street, Lacytown, Georgetown. While there, they went to a room where they contacted Dow and requested permission to search the room.
During the search, a black one-strap bag was found around his shoulder, which when searched, contained one Bryco .38 pistol and five matching rounds. Asked by the ranks if he was licenced to carry the firearm, the prosecutor said that the defendant replied “no”.
The prosecutor added that the ranks informed Dow of the offence committed, cautioned, arrested, and escorted him to the Brickdam Police Station, where the suspected firearm and ammunition were lodged. The prosecutor, nevertheless, objected to him being released on bail citing that no special reasons were put forward, as well as the serious nature and penalty attached to the offence. (G1)