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A CUSTOMS officer was remanded to prison over allegations that he was reportedly found with an unlicensed firearm last week.
Marco Smith Jr appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after he was accused of being in possession of a black coloured Springfield Armory pistol on December 5.
He denied the allegation and the case was adjourned to March 18, 2021 for trial.
Due to the nature of the charge, Smith Jr was denied bail and remanded into custody until that time.
He has a right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
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A 46-year-old man who slashed another man’s neck with a box cutter when he refused to give him money was yesterday sentenced to eight months in prison.
Police arrested Gregory Sweeting after he caused grievous harm to a man on East Street on December 6.
He pleaded guilty during a hearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes yesterday.
The court was told that the complainant was at Kelly’s Lumber Yard when Sweeting approached him and asked him for some money.
The prosecution said when the man told him he was broke, Sweeting called him a “joker” and cut his throat with a box cutter that he had in his left hand. The accused then shouted: “One Order world” before leaving the scene.