Miner remanded over gun, ammo find

A miner who denied that he hid a gun along with ammunition under a mattress which police allegedly unearthed in his room was remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty in a Georgetown court yesterday.

Rickford Atwell Shepard, 27, of Now or Never, Mahaicony, was accused by the police of having in his possession a 9mm pistol along with two live matching rounds on April 28, at Aranka Landing.

The Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1, heard from Prosecutor Gonzales that the