Timehri man gets 2 years for gun, ammo possession

Thirty-five-year-old Lorne Anthony Whinfield of Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to two charges of ‘Unlawful Possession of a Firearm without License’ and ‘Unlawful Possession of Ammunition without License’.

He appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him.
He pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to two years imprisonment for each charge. The sentence will run concurrently. Whinfield was also fined $50,000 on each charge.