A plumber and father of a four-month-old baby was on Monday charged with discharging a loaded firearm and hauled before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Keiron Hinds
Twenty-five-year-old Keiron Hinds, of Lot 4 Smyth Street, Georgetown, denied that he fired gunshots at a Police Constable who was pursuing him.
The first charge stated that on April 16 at Fifth Street, Alberttown, Hinds had one Taurus pistol in his possession without being a licensed firearm holder.
He was also charged for having five rounds of ammunition in his possession on the same day at the same location.
It is also being alleged that on the same day at the same location, he discharged rounds in a public place.
According to Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore, the rounds were discharged in the direction of a Police Constable who was pursuing Hinds.
The Police had reportedly received a 911 call informing them that someone matching Hinds’s description was firing gunshots on the seawall.
However, while at Alberttown on patrol, ranks saw Hinds, who started to run when he saw the Police vehicle. According to the Prosecutor, Hinds was pursued by Police Constable Holder, at whom he fired shots. Other ranks joined the chase when they noticed the defendant throwing something under a car.
After they managed to catch him, Hinds was taken back to the said location where the gun was discovered under a car.
However, Hinds’s Attorney denied that the gun belonged to his client. He noted that his client ran from the ranks when he noticed them because his father was allegedly killed by Police some years ago.
In his bail application, he told the court that it was the Police who discharged rounds at Hinds as he was running, but the bullets hit a motor car.
He further revealed that his client was beaten by the Police and was not able to get medical attention.
Magistrate Latchman remanded Hinds to prison. The case will continue on May 14, 2018.
