Father of youth on gun charge tried to get witness to lie to cops –court hears

Martin Atwell, 45, the father of the East Ruimveldt youth who was remanded to prison last week on firearm and ammunition charges, yesterday found himself also before a court on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Atwell, said to be a father of 30 of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was read the charge that on May 15, at Georgetown, he unlawfully attempted to pervert the course of justice by contacting a witness to give false information to the police.