A drinks vendor was yesterday fined $10,000 by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court when he pleaded guilty to possession of a dangerous weapon, an ice pick, after he had failed to offer a reasonable explanation to the police.
John Beckles last Friday at Avenue of the Republic had in his possession a dangerous weapon, to wit an ice pick, without lawful authority or reasonable explanation.
The court heard that on the day in question at 11:45 pm Police Cadet Officer Singh and a colleague were patrolling on the northern side of Avenue of the Republic in the vicinity of the
