Kitty man gets three years for weapon possession

Delon Morgan

A Kitty man will be spending the next three years in jail after being found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

Delon Morgan, 28, of 149 D’Andrade Street, Newtown, Kitty was convicted yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he had been on trial.

He was initially charged in January, when he denied that he had in his possession a 9mm pistol without being the holder of a firearm licence. It was also alleged that he had four matching rounds of 9mm ammunition—a charge that he had also denied.

The man had been remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry during his initial appearance