Derwin Myron Worrell has to pay the High Court $15 000 for the “mistake” of having 20 illegal rounds of ammunition. A third of that money had to be paid on the spot on Friday.Justice Carlisle Greaves imposed the fine on the Maynards Housing Area, St Peter resident and ordered that the remaining $10 000 be paid in three months. Failure to settle that balance would result in an alternative sentence of five years in prison, which is the remainder of an eight-year starting sentence.On November 20, 2015, officers executed a search warrant at Worrell’s residence and found the bullets in two socks in a plastic bag. One sock contained eight rounds of 9 mm ammunition while the other had one 9 mm round, nine .45 rounds, one .32 round, and one 12-gauge shotgun cartridge.“Them is mines. I will take responsibility for them,” Worrell told the cops when asked to account.He exercised his right to an attorney-at-law and after consulting with the lawyer, he gave police “no comment” answers to several questions.But on Friday, Worrell, who is represented by attorney-at-law Angella Mitchell-Gittens told the No. 3 Supreme Court: “Your Honour, I made some mistakes in my life and I . . . apologise.”
