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Convict gets extra four years for gun, ammo and narcotics possession in prison

A prisoner serving a three-year sentence got an additional four years after he pleaded guilty to three charges relating to narcotics, firearm and ammo possession before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday.

Leon Williams was charged with the possession of narcotics, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
On August 15 he had in his possession at the Camp Street prison 60 grammes of cannabis, one revolver and eight .38 rounds of ammunition. The man told the magistrate he did not want her to deliberate on the matters since he was already serving a sentence so he pleaded guilty.

The prosecution told the court that on the said day around 15:00 hrs, the accused was seen by a trade instructor picking up a parcel that had been thrown over the fence. She called out to him and he started running while putting the parcel under his shirt. The instructor gave chase and alerted prison officers. The defendant scrambled up a meshed fence where he was apprehended, but the parcel was not found on him as he had pushed it in a corner of the fence. It was seen by one of the officers and was opened and examined in the presence of the accused, the prosecutor said. The items named in the charge were found in the parcel.

Magistrate Octive-Hamilton imposed a $30,000 fine and four years imprisonment for the narcotics charge; $25,000 and two years for the gun charge and a $25,000 fine and another two years for the ammunition charge. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Shortly after the discovery was made on August 15, the immediate area around the prisons was cordoned off.
Stabroek News had learnt that a number of prisoners were questioned after the prisoner was found with the gun and ammunition.

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10 Responses to “Convict gets extra four years for gun, ammo and narcotics possession in prison”

DreamAtlanta
on September 7th, 2008 8:57 am

Was the weapon tested for other prints from the person who threw it over the wall and is there not working cameras outside the prison walls that record images that are stored for short periods? Or did the prison officials handle the weapon and damage any other possible helpful fingerprints that may have been helpful?
I dont see any of that addressed by the reporter. I hope this prisoner’s new sentence is not going to be running con-currently as this will be a slap in the face for such a the Prison System.
Such charges should be considered felonies and after 3 such charges , that person’s right to vote should be removed for 5 years. And of course failure to pay these fines should incurr another 6 months in jail.

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briantee
In reply to the above comment on September 7th, 2008 11:48 am:
DreamAtlanta you’re asking about the gun being tested and about someone trowing it over the wall, well what about it being brought in by a prison offical?
The way the system is working now you cant put anything beyond those in position.
The way thyings are going from the GPF to the situation with the airport lights to this incident–its sad to say but everything seems like an amateurish government in power.
Its a joke!!

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guy123
In reply to the above comment on September 8th, 2008 5:26 am:
You are so right,briantee,and that sentence he was given,will see him out in just a few short years.

marlong
In reply to the above comment on September 8th, 2008 1:54 pm:
Braintee is correct.
The Police are just as bad.
My relative’s car was held by the police, because they were passing at the time bandits were executing a robbery and a friend in the car was killed by a stray bullet. It took several days of running around to get the vehicle back and when they did, everything that could be removed from the interior was removed. The vehicle was in the CID compound.
I know of cases were persons sitting at the hang out spots opposite the prison on Durban Street see money being thrown form the prison to persons waiting along the sidewalk.
The prison officers know the routine; they get a cut from the profits to turn a blind eye.
There are cameras, the question is are they working.
Brave
on September 8th, 2008 2:04 am

I agree with you briantee

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evileyes
on September 8th, 2008 9:15 am

ammature govt.you say?but when govt try to oust these people its people like you how go to the protest marches

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Major
on September 8th, 2008 1:22 pm

Now is the chance for the GPF to do some real investigation. You have the prisoner (alive) so, who sent in the Gun? what was it intended to be used for? and these are just a few questions to start the conversation ( no torture). I would like to publicly recommend that the GPF pay much more attention to its investigative competence.

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mackydog
on September 8th, 2008 5:24 pm

Way to go Madam Magistrate, we have to get these criminals and junkies in jail. He should be given about 10 moe years for having the gun AT THE CAMP STREET JAIL. Make him talk where he got the gun from and who he got it from too. We know why he had it, it was just a matter of time before worst could’ve happened. Jail them.

I say let the government introduce the 3 strikes law, when these criminals hit jail for the 3rd time, they should be jailed for life automatically regardless of the crime. Stop these criminals from being career criminals.

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briantee
on September 10th, 2008 6:16 pm

Macky there are a lot of criminals watching the criminals and those that are doing the watching can be called career criminals cause they have been doing it for a long time

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Kim Smith
on September 13th, 2008 9:07 am

DreamAtlanter I guess that you were not reading the reporter information that the sentence will run con-currently and i think that you are not from Guyana because surveillance camera was never at the prison. You wrote like you are some kind of attorney but you would not do well in Guyana. You write a whole story of your own.

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