Pensioner gets 8 months for gun, ammo possession

Seventy-two-year-old George Aubrey Archer of Suddie Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) who was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition was on Tuesday sentenced to eight months imprisonment.
Archer was arrested back in September 2023, at Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, and was charged and remanded to prison by Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court in March 2024.
However, on Tuesday when the case was called, he was represented by Attorney De Santos. He was found guilty of both charges, and he was sentenced in absentia to eight months imprisonment topped with a $50,000 fine on each charge.

He was subsequently arrested and taken into custody to serve his sentence.
It was reported that Archer was busted with a .32 Taurus pistol and one magazine with 17 live .32 rounds of ammunition. At the time, he was contacted by Police after they received certain information.
As such, the ranks requested to conduct a search on him during which they found the pistol containing one magazine with 17 matching rounds of ammunition in the waistband of his pants.
The elderly man was questioned whether he was the holder of a firearm licence, to which he replied “no”. He was subsequently told of the offence committed and cautioned, during which he replied: “Officer, the gun is me own and me gat it to protect me self.”