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The more than four years Kemar Stephen Wharton spent on remand came to an end yesterday when he was given a fine for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Wharton, of Sobers Lane, St Michael, was back in the No. 5 Supreme Court after he had admitted, earlier in the Sessions of Continuous Sittings, that he had a .32-calibre revolver and six rounds of ammunition in his possession …
A water sports operator caught 15 years ago offloading bales of drugs was given a suspended sentence by the No. 5 Supreme Court yesterday. However, Matthew Ricardo Francis will have to pay a $10 000 fine by December for the shotgun he tried to smuggle in with the drugs. Francis, now 45, of Crick Hill, Weston, St James, was back in court yesterday for sentencing after he had pleaded guilty, …
Life in prison. That was the sentence handed down by Justice Carlisle Greaves on killer Shawn Andre Weekes in the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday. However, the judge said it was only the 20-year delay in the matter – 11 years when Weekes was hiding in the United States and the remaining nine when the matter floundered in the judicial system, as well as the time Weekes spent on remand …
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His mother may be paying his fine but Ramon Jamal Payne will be made to sign an agreement saying he will be repaying her every cent.
If he doesn’t follow through with that obligation, he could face prison.
So said Justice Randall Worrell as Payne, of Boscobel, St Peter, returned to the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday.
He had pleaded guilty, at an earlier Session of the Continuous Sittings, to having a 9 mm pistol and nine bullets on April 25, 2017.
The matter was prosecuted by Senior Crown Counsel Olivia Davis, while Angella Mitchell-Gittens represented the gunman. (HLE)