Shane Hamilton, a 38-year-old farmer from Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew, was today fined $80,000 for two 9 millimetre rounds of ammunition found in a bag at his home. Hamilton was fined $40,000 each for two counts possession of.
Kingston chef Delroy Fletcher, otherwise called 'Pencil', was this morning sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in prison in the Gun Court for breaching the new Firearms Act. Fletcher was arrested and charged in November 2022 after 35 rounds.
Defence attorney Peter Champagnie, King's Counsel, says Parliament is to blame for the dilemma now playing out in the courts with defendants charged under the new Firearms Act opting to go to tr.
More often than not, this newspaper agrees with Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ observations on things to be done to enhance the quality of justice for all Jamaicans. He is usually on the right track. Which is why we look forward to a fuller and.
Lamenting the unwillingness of Jamaicans to sit on juries, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes highlighted the socially skewed complexion of those who agree to serve. In Montego Bay, at least, they are mostly the poor and working class. In other words,.