Man freed of gun, ammo charges after prosecution fails to find case file

Jason Gonsalves

A man who police say pointed a gun at a constable outside of a Burger King restaurant has been freed of the charge after the prosecution took too much time to locate the case file.

Jason Gonsalves, 27, called ‘Jason Burnette’, who had been granted bail by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus after the Court heard the prosecutor needed time to locate his file, was on Monday freed of the charge. He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition while not being a licensed gun owner.

The father of one denied that on June 20, at Camp and Regent streets, Georgetown, he had a Taurus revolver without being the holder of firearm licence at the time. He was also charged with being in possession of five live rounds of ammunition at the same location and on the same day.