Youth gets two years for having illegal pistol

A youth was sentenced to two years in jail last Friday after he admitted to having an unlicensed firearm.

Dwayne Castello, 19, pleaded guilty to the charge that on November 22nd, he had a .40 pistol in his possession, without being the holder of a firearm licence. Castello pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to two years in jail.

The court of city magistrate Leron Daly heard that the police were on patrol in Middle Road, East La Penitence, where, acting on information received, they stopped a car and conducted a search on the two occupants of the vehicle. Nothing of evidential value was found on the driver. However, a woman’s bag was found on Castello with the firearm inside.