The “five prison years” that Shad Gabriel Orlando Slocombe has so far spent on remand at Dodds is sufficient punishment for having an illegal firearm and ammunition over four years ago.That submission was put forward by Michael Lashley, King’s Counsel (KC) who today pleaded with Madame Justice Laurie-Ann to extend leniency to the convicted man.The 22-year-old Slocombe, of Block 1, No. 5, Country Road High Rise Towers, St Michael had earlier pleaded guilty to having a .32 revolver and five rounds of ammunition on July 18, 2018. He also admitted to supplying the firearm and ammunition.Lashley told the No. 4 Supreme Court that his client deserved a non-custodial sentence considering the long time spent on remand.He told Justice Smith-Bovell that the imposition of a fine was also an option.
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Chad Antonio Denero Forde’s case was on the threshold of custodial sentence, said Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell. However, she opted to fine him for having an illegal loaded firearm when he appeared in the No. 4 Supreme Court. Forde, of Glebe Land, St George, was back for sentencing after he had pleaded guilty to having a .32-calibre firearm and six rounds of .32-calibre ammunition on January 30, 2019. He was represented …
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TICAL ROMARIO SMITH told police he had saved up to buy a loaded firearm that cost him $2 400.
He will now have to part with a lot more after the No. 4 Supreme Court slapped him with a total of $40 000 in fines for having the illegal weapon six years ago.
“The prevalence and the ease with which members of the public have access to illegal firearms is of grave concern to right-thinking members of society and it ought to be discouraged,” said Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell.
“We have seen the devastating effects of these intrinsically dangerous weapons to society through the number of deaths due to firearms,” she said.