Kevin Bruce, who was recently accused of pulling a gun on a policeman at a city station, yesterday learned that he will be spending the next two years in jail for having an unlicensed gun and ammunition.
Bruce, called ‘Banky,’ was brought to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he was sentenced to two years in prison for having an illegal gun in his possession and another two years for having ammunition for the illegal weapon. The sentences are to be served concurrently, meaning that Bruce will only serve two years in prison. He was also fined $50,000.
When Bruce first appeared at the city court, he had pleaded guilty to having the Taurus .32 pistol along with the 10 live .32 rounds of ammunition in his possession, while not being the holder of a firearm licence at the time.
Police prosecutor Quinn Harris at Bruce’s first hearing had informed the court that on the day in question Police Constable Benjamin and a party of policemen from the East La Penitence Police Station were acting on information they had received about a man being in the yard of a serving member of the force, who was at the time abroad.
The court had heard that when the officers entered the yard Bruce was seen exiting the home but was quickly approached by the police. However, after being taken to the East La Penitence Police Station he pulled out a gun from his pants crotch and aimed it at Constable Benjamin.
Bruce had been given a chance to explain himself after the prosecutor was finished and had said that he was given the gun by the caretaker of the house after he (the caretaker) left to go to a party.
In addition, he told the court that he cooperated with the police when they asked to search him and that they did not find the gun when they conducted the search but he had mentioned it to them. He had also alleged that he was ill treated at the station.
Bruce was yesterday sentenced for each of the two charges and fined after a probation report was received by the court.
