The Excessive Courtroom in Barbados has ordered a Jamaican nationwide, Onickey Orain Reid, to pay a tremendous of BB$15,000 after apologising for being caught with a firearm.
Failure to pay the tremendous will end in him spending 645 days in jail, which is the rest of an eight-year beginning sentence.
In handing down the ruling, Justice Pamela Beckles informed Reid, “Upon your cost of the tremendous or service of the time you’re to be launched into the custody of the Immigration Division for the suitable motion.”
On April 29, 2022, Reid pleaded responsible to having possession of an unlawful 5.56 millimetre rifle.
The gun was found, by police, within the trunk of a automobile occupied by Reid and one other individual.
“I’m sorry for being caught up … on this in Barbados,” Reid informed the decide as he pleaded for leniency from the court docket so “I can return residence to my household to proceed with my surgical matter and my life. I apologise to the State of Barbados for being caught with a firearm.”
It was revealed that Reid is affected by a gunshot wound for which he receives medical consideration.
