‘Jep’ and ‘Boy Boy’ in court

Magistrate Natalie Diop read the charge that on Friday last at the Solomon Hochoy Highway at Gandhi Village in Debe, they had a .40 calibre pistol and ten rounds of ammunition. T hey were not called upon to plead as the charges were laid indictably.

Attorney Cedric Neptune represented Forde who, he said, works as a barber and lives at Buen Intento, Princes Town. In his application for bail, Neptune told the court his client had neither previous convictions nor any pending matters. Attorney Chantal Paul represented Ray, a construction worker of Lengua Road, Princes Town. He has four previous convictions, two of which are of a similar nature. The youngest accused Francis, of Springvale Avenue, Tarodale was unrepresented.

However, in assisting the court, Paul told the magistrate Francis has two pending matters, one for attempted murder and the other for robbery.

Prosecutor Sgt Chanardath Jhilmit objected to bail saying the offences were of a serious nature and prevalent in society. Diop granted Forde $100,000 bail to be approved by a clerk of the peace and ordered him to report to the Princes Town Police Station once weekly.

However, she denied bail to Ray and Francis and remanded them into custody, informing them of their right to apply to a judge in chambers. The three are to reappear in court on July 11.