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Judge imposes $15 000 fine for possession of illegal weapon - Barbados Today

Justice Carlisle Greaves has made it clear that the High Court “must be taken seriously” when it comes to sentencing as he imposed a $15 000 fine on a gunman, $5 000 of which had to be paid forthwith.Christopher Philaman Andrew Scott, formerly of Scotts Terrace, Grazettes, St Michael who previously pleaded guilty to having a .25 Colt semi-automatic pistol on July 6, 2014 now has three months to pay the balance of the money if he wants to avoid spending four years in prison.Before the fine was handed down Senior State Counsel Neville Watson and Scott’s attorney Arthur Holder addressed the No. 3 Supreme Court on sentencing.Watson pointed out that the pre-sentencing report submitted on Scott had placed him at a medium risk of reoffending. He stated that the custodial threshold had been crossed but given the treatment of first-time offenders before the court a substantial fine would be a fitting sentence for Scott’s crime.
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