National cyclist gets bail over gun, ammo charges

Hamzah Eastman

After being remanded to prison for just over a week on charges of unlicensed gun and ammunition possession, national cyclist Hamzah Eastman was on Thursday granted High Court bail in the sum of $150,000.

His application was presented before Justice Navindra Singh by attorney Bernard Da Silva.

On November 10th the 25-year-old appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly charged with having in his possession a .32 revolver and four matching live rounds of ammunition all without licence to which he pleaded not guilty.