Headley & Cornwall remanded on firearm charges
Akeem Headley of Thread Falls, Tortola, was charged with attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm to endanger life in relation to a November 2017 incident where a man received a gunshot wound to the leg outside a bar in Huntums Ghut.
Virgin Islands News Online had reported on a shooting incident on November 4, 2017 where a hail of bullets was fired outside a bar in Huntum’s Ghut at around 9:30 P.M. injuring one male in his leg.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, Kawa Cornwall of Havers Estate, Tortola, was charged with robbery and being armed with an offensive weapon in an incident which took place just over week ago where the victim was struck in the face and money and personal items were taken, according to the RVIPF in a press release today, February 23, 2018.
Both men were remanded today, February 23, 2018 in the Magistrate’s Court held at the Road Town Police Station, according to Police Information Officer Diane L. Drayton.
‘Just a matter of time’- CoP Matthews
Commissioner of Police Michael B. Matthews, who was criticised by many for stating that he was not in favour of the imposition of a curfew and heightened stop and search operations in the fight against the wave of gun crime plaguing the Territory, said is just a matter of time before perpetrators are brought to justice.
“As I have said, it is just a matter of time. Predators within our community who carry firearms and further assault others will be eventually identified and charged. In one day, we arrested two individuals in separate firearm-related incidents. One arrest we were able to make fairly quickly with the help of the public and the other took time because that help was not forthcoming,” he said.
The Commissioner also commended his detectives for their “diligence” in these matters.
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