No bail for Corentyne farmers charged over shotgun, ammo find

Rom Nermal

A husband and wife were yesterday remanded to prison after they were accused of being in possession of a shotgun and shotgun cartridges.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan heard the matter of Rom Nermal, 47, and Bibi Hefeza Amerulla, 54, which stated that the two on September 18, at Duck Creek, Corentyne River, had a shotgun and seven matching cartridges.

Nermal and Amerulla, farmers of Lot 41 Number 79 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Attorney Mark Conway, who appeared on behalf of the defendants, made