16-year-old faces sentencing for having gun

A 16-year-old boy is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the possession of an unlicensed gun.

The teen had charges of firearm possession and robbery read to him yesterday when he stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

It was alleged that on January 1, at Takutu Backdam, he had a .38 Taurus revolver in his possession without being the holder of a firearm licence.