(Barbados Nation) The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has lambasted the legislature for the Firearms (Amendment) Act 2002, saying killers can get less time in jail than someone guilty of having a bullet.
Queen’s Counsel Charles Leacock labelled the legislation a “knee-jerk” reaction to a shooting incident at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and said the Court of Appeal should “read down” the piece of legislation and let Parliament go back to the drawing board.
“This [Firearms (Amendment) Act] cannot be allowed to stand on the books,” the DPP stated. “It is patently unjust. It is ill-conceived.”
Leacock was speaking as the Court of Appeal heard arguments in Elvis Irvin Alexander’s gun appeal against ten years imposed by former Justice Christopher Blackman, on his second firearm offence.
