Karim Price, a manager of the Port Kaituma branch of MACORP, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the unlawful possession of a gun and 12 rounds of ammunition.
Price was brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and read two charges. It was alleged that on February 23, at Fitzburg, Port Kaituma, he had in his possession a 9mm pistol as well as 12 live matching rounds of ammunition while not having a licence for a gun.
The 25-year-old man denied the charges.
Attorney James Bond told the court that his client, who has been employed at MACORP for a number of years, was arrested last Thursday in the vicinity of a number of persons at the sports ground in the area.
Bond told the court that the defendant suffers from hypertension and collapsed twice while in custody. He further noted that Price has been cooperating with the police and went as far as to give the names of the persons that were around at the time of his arrest.
It was upon these bases that he requested reasonable bail.
Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones told the court, however, that although there were several other persons around the defendant, given that it was Mashramani, the firearm and ammunition were found on Price.
Price was denied bail and was remanded to prison. He is expected to make his next court appearance on May 9 at the Matthews Ridge Magistrate’s Court.
