DJ jailed for possessing gun, ammunition

In Bermuda, a 41-year-old disc jockey has been jailed for 12 years after he admitted being caught with a loaded revolver and hashish with intent to produce.

Gregory Roger Livingstone Outerbridge, who additionally pleaded responsible to possessing drug gear, was ordered to forfeit money totaling US$3,686.

Requested by Puisne Choose Juan Wolffe how he would higher himself behind bars, Outerbridge advised the courtroom on Monday he felt “horrible” for bringing ache on his three kids together with a one-year-old.

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Prosecutor Alan Richards mentioned Outerbridge was in a automotive stopped by police on Might 26 final yr. He was a passenger within the automobile that was pushed by a lady.

However police turned suspicious after the automotive got here again from the seashore the place the accused mentioned he was going to work as a disc jockey. The motive force had requested an officer if the automobile would get searched once more after getting back from one other venue. The motive force’s remark was overheard by the supervising officer, who instructed police to cease the automobile if it returned, which it did.

The courtroom heard the driving force turned aggravated after getting stopped once more, whereas Outerbridge mentioned they have been “solely gone a couple of minutes” to go to Southampton Rangers Sports activities Membership.

The pair was ordered to get out of the automotive, and a search uncovered a pouch within the trunk hid below a yoga mat. A revolver was seized and the 2 have been arrested. Police additionally discovered a bag between the automotive seats containing what gave the impression to be hashish and US$140 in money.

Police later searched Outerbridge’s dwelling in St George’s, the place a steel secure yielded $3,686 in US and Bermuda foreign money. Additionally they seized suspected hashish and a digital scale.

The revolver and different gadgets from the pouch have been examined on Might 28 and located with 5 bullets within the chamber, with a sixth bullet wrapped in plastic.

Justice Wolffe jailed Outerbridge for 12 years for possession of the gun — the necessary minimal sentence — and the ammunition.

He additionally sentenced him to yr on the hashish cost in an elevated penalty zone, eight months for the extra hashish cost and one month’s imprisonment for the drug gear, however suspended these sentences for one yr.

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