So, no one did favours for William Mason – but does his gun license suggest that someone bent the rules for him? The slot that should have the number of his passport is blank. And, indeed, we are told that while he did have a Belizean birth certificate under the name William Mason, he never did get a Belizean passport under that name. Today the media asked police about that license:…
Hon. John Saldivar - National Security Minister
"I have never done any favour for Mr. Mason with respect to gun licenses so those are all false allegations. I have never done so and as I've already pointed out to you in answering you question it is the Commissioner of Police that approves gun licenses."
Reporter
"The file for Williams Mason when was applying for a gun licenses the only we are reliably informed within that file now is a police record. That police record is missing the passport number. Yes he's sighted as a Belizean citizen but his passport number is missing. There is no ID number to go by for him."
Russell Blackett - Acting Commissioner of Police
"I don't know where you got your information but all applications of firearm has a police record attached, a vetting document attached, firearms application form and whatever other queries we would want."
Police found Mason with a nine millimetre pistol and a pump 12 shotgun – which he is seen proudly brandishing in this picture. We are told that police are considering charging him with an unlicensed firearm since the name he got the licenses in is bogus.
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