22 year-old Eric Reynolds is spending the first night of a 5 year sentence after he was convicted of firearm offences in Magistrates Court today.
According to police, on April 12, they were patrolling on Administration Drive, when they spotted Reynolds riding a bicycle.
They pursued and detained him, and found a .38 Revolver, loaded with five rounds of ammunition.
Police charged him with keeping an unlicensed firearm, and keeping unlicensed ammunition.
In court, Reynolds denied that he had the firearm and ammunition on him. He said that he sped away from the vehicle, because he had weed on him.
Today, Chief Magistrate Smith ruled that Reynolds was guilty of the offence, and as a result, he was sentenced to 5 years for each count, which are to run concurrently. As a result, he will only spend a total of 5 years in prison.
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