Yearwood owns up to guns and ammunition by breadfruit tree
Article by February 12, 2021
Eight years ago, police mounted surveillance and executed a search warrant that led to the discovery of three firearms, including a silencer and over 50 rounds of ammunition stashed under a breadfruit tree at Gilkes Road, Benthams, St Lucy.
Today during a virtual sitting of the High Court Andre O’Bryan Yearwood, of Retreat Road, Connell Town, St Lucy took responsibility for the illegal weapons.
Before Justice Randall Worrell – and accompanied by his attorney-at-law Mohia Ma’at – the now 39-year-old pool technician pleaded guilty to the January 6, 2013 charges of possession of a shotgun, possession of a 380 auto calibre pistol and possession of a silencer without having the valid licences as well as possession of 59 rounds of ammunition without having a valid permit.