Guns in Botanical Gardens defendants remanded until Dec 5

The two men who were allegedly intercepted with guns in the Botanical Gardens were yesterday refused bail by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and remanded to prison until December 5, 2022.

The two, 32-year-old Alpha Fletcher also called ‘Alpha’ of Lot 2 Calcutta, Mahaicony and Larron Semple also called ‘Baby’, 32, of Fort Street, Kings-ton, Georgetown, were arraigned in the George-town Magistrate’s Court where the charge of possession of a firearm without being the holder of a firearm licence was read to them. The charge alleges that on November 3rd, at the Georgetown Botanical Gardens, they each had in their possession a Glock 17 pistol.