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Less than a month after 22-year-old Samron Thomas of Montin Grand Bay was granted bail on a charge of murder, the double-murder-accused man is yet again remanded into custody.<\/p>\n
Samron along with Jovani Thomas and Christel Jermaine all of Montin Grand Bay, as well as Dijon St. Rose of River Street, Roseau, appeared before the court on firearm charges preferred against them by the police.<\/p>\n
Jermaine and St. Rose were jointly charged for having in their possession a Beretta 380 pistol in addition to 6 rounds of .380 mm ammunition on August 15, 2023, at Fond Baron, Loubiere.<\/p>\n
On the same day, the pair is also accused of having in their possession a nine-round 40mm capacity magazine and nine rounds of 40mm ammunition at Bath Road, Roseau.<\/p>\n
At the hearing, Jermaine and St. Rose opted for a summary trial in the Magistrate\u2019s court and Jermaine pleaded guilty to the two charges which occurred at Fond Baron, Loubiere, whilst St. Rose pleaded guilty to the additional charges which occurred at Bath Road, Roseau.<\/p>\n
The matter was adjourned to August 22, 2023, for facts and sentencing and both men were remanded into custody at the Dominica State Prison until such time.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Samron and Jovani Thomas who also appeared before the court on similar charges will stand trial in their matter.<\/p>\n
The charge of the police is that, on August 15, 2023, at Fond Baron, Loubiere, the pair had in possession 19 rounds of 40mm ammunition as well as, a 22-round capacity 40 calibre magazine.<\/p>\n
The men elected a summary trial and Jovani pleaded guilty to both charges whilst Samron pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
However, Police Prosecutor, Sergeant David Andrew Jr. opted for a trial and objected to bail when the issue arose, citing section 6:1 of the Bail Act.<\/p>\n
Chief Magistrate Candia Carrette-George who is presiding over the matters granted the prosecution\u2019s objection and added that due to the nature of the offense, the court will not grant bail to the men.<\/p>\n
Samron and Jovani were remanded into custody pending their trial which is set to begin on October 31, 2023.<\/p>\n
The four men are represented by attorney-at-law Joshua Francis and Wayne Norde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Less than a month after 22-year-old Samron Thomas of Montin Grand Bay was granted bail on a charge of murder, the double-murder-accused man is yet again remanded into custody. Samron along with Jovani Thomas and Christel Jermaine all of…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":301286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-court-law","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n