By Shakisa Harvey
Cindy Robertson, a young woman who claimed she bought an unlicensed gun with six live rounds to protect herself while working in the interior, was yesterday jailed for two years.
Robertson was also fined $50, 000 after deciding to maintain her guilty plea, although told of the penalty it would carry by city magistrate Fabayo Azore.
The court heard from Prosecutor Bharat Mangru that around 10:30pm on June 30, Robertson was travelling in a car, PJJ 8620, in Albouystown, along with three others when a search by police revealed the 1.32 revolver and 6 live rounds of .32 ammunition in her handbag. The respective charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition were laid on her after she admitted the items were hers.
Attorney Glenn Hanoman, who was present at the hearing and concerned that the young woman may be taking the blame for someone else, made an amicus curiae appearance on her behalf, in the interest of preventing “such a travesty of injustice.”
Robertson, however, insisted she was guilty and indicated that she did not wish
