SOURCE STATE MEDIA: One man has been sentenced to 4 years and 5 months at His Majesty’s Prison, while another will serve 2 years and 3 months for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
The men had pleaded guilty in separate cases in the District B Magistrate’s Court.
Neil Guye has been sentenced to 4 years and 5 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and 95 rounds of ammunition.
Guye’s attorney has indicated he will appeal the sentence, insisting the court erred in its sentencing.
In a separate case, Ridge Turner has been sentenced to 2 years and 3 months for illegal possession of firearm and 3 months for possession of two rounds of ammunition.
Those sentences are to run concurrently.
Turner will serve an additional three months for failing to pay a fine for a breach of the mandatory curfew during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
He will therefore spend the next 2 years and 6 months in prison.
The sentences were handed down by Senior Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel on Wednesday.
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Mr Pompey what do you recommend?
Stupid set of idiots, that’s the kind of punishment that is necessary, an amnesty is in effect yet you people just won’t be sensible
Impartial judicial justice judgment: don’t drop the soap and spoil the custodian pension interest while on the job
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good behavior and time outta the hole–with constant parole anticipation. And forget about lifting off from the rock 🪨 of ANU. It’s Mandatory Law & Order in 🇦🇬 per se. Peace ✌️ to the peas (🫛) from the pod.