Crime
Christ Church Man Fined $17,500 for Gun, Damage, and Affray Offences
A Christ Church man received a $17,500 fine and potential prison sentence for gun, damage, and affray offences. The judge emphasized this case is not a precedent for firearm use.
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A Christ Church man was fined $17 500 for gun, damage, and affray offences.
When he appeared before Justice Randall Worrell in Supreme Court No. 2 on Monday, Carlos Robert Jamal Walcott of No. 753 Kingsland Terrace admitted to having a firearm without a valid licence on October 10, 2020. He also pleaded guilty to damaging property belonging to Sophia Catwell, intending to damage such property or was reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. Walcott also admitted that he used unlawful violence, and his conduct was such that would cause another person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their safety on the same day.
“Your matter is not to be treated in any way as a precedent in respect of unlawful use of a firearm. It is only due to the particular aspects and circumstances of this matter that you would be fined,” the judge said, adding that after the relevant deductions, the sentence to be served would be 21 months of imprisonment minus the time spent on remand.
Justice Worrell then imposed a $12 500 forthwith fine for the use of a firearm with an alternative of 12 months in prison.
In addition, he was fined $2 500 forthwith for the affray offence. With regards to the criminal damages charge, the convicted man was also ordered to pay $2 500 in two months. Failure to pay either of those fines would result in him spending five months behind bars on each charge, to run concurrently.
