Aug 30, 2010 0
Schoolboy Gets Five Years In Prison For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm
A schoolboy, 18 year old Omar Kelly, was jailed for five years for illegal possession of a firearm when he appeared in the Gun Court yesterday. Kelly had pleaded guilty to the charge.
The facts of the case were that on June 27, 2008, Kelly (who was 17 at the time), was at Half-Way Tree Square, St. Andrew, and began behaving boisterously. The police reportedly reprimanded him, and in the process searched him and found that he was in possession of a mobile phone which displayed the picture of a gun. The police questioned him about the gun, and he reportedly told them where it could be found. They accompanied him to his home in Fletcher’s Land, Kingston, where he showed them a home-made gun underneath his bed. He was then arrested and charged.
The judge, in sentencing Kelly, said he had to send a strong message because firearm offences were too prevalent in Jamaica.