On Wednesday, twenty one year old Herman Miranda was sentenced to two years in jail after he pleaded guilty to keeping ammunition without a license in connection with the murder of Norman Gillett. Today he was back in court, this time it was for the more serious crime of murder.

Belize City Police strongly believe that Herman Miranda is one of two gunmen who shot and killed the wood carver at his residence, the House of Commoners situated at the corner of Vernon and Partridge Streets. Shortly after the killing, police found him in proximity to two nine milimeter pistols, one of them with nine live rounds. That’s the type of weapon that was used to release almost two dozen shots on the veranda of the Commoners’ residence.

Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie did not take a plea because the offence is indictable and remanded him to prison. Miranda’s father said his son is innocent and he believes that Herman Miranda was set up by the killers who ran through the Lord Ridge Cemetery after the shooting. The father claims his son was given the guns to hold. Herman Miranda was remanded to Hattieville Prison until November third.

Norman Gillett who was shot a total of thirteen times was killed on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, further police investigations reveals that one of the weapons was stolen from Evan Tench, the owner of Tenchtronics when his business place was burglarized three years ago.