An­na-Lisa Paul

For­mer re­porter Ak­ile Si­mon and gar­den­er Rod­ney Cave will reap­pear be­fore a Tu­na­puna mag­is­trate to­day to an­swer charges of hav­ing a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion in their pos­ses­sion. Si­mon, 29, and Cave, 28, ap­peared be­fore Se­nior Mag­is­trate Gail Gon­za­les in the Tu­na­puna First Court yes­ter­day.

Si­mon is charged that on Ju­ly 8, at an apart­ment at the cor­ner of Meade and Hen­ry streets, Tu­na­puna, he had a .38 firearm and 13 rounds of .38 am­mu­ni­tion in his pos­ses­sion. The charge against Cave read that on Ju­ly 8, at the same place, he had five 12-gauge car­tridges in his pos­ses­sion. De­fence lawyer Kei­th Scot­land who held for Si­mon's at­tor­ney, Farai Hove-Ma­sai­sai, re­quest­ed an ad­journ­ment un­til to­day.

Scot­land is ex­pect­ed to make a bail ap­pli­ca­tion on Si­mon's be­half to­day. Charged by PC An­to­nio Per­reira of the Tu­na­puna Po­lice Sta­tion, pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Dood­nath Ram­nath ob­ject­ed to bail be­cause of the se­ri­ous­ness of the of­fences. Si­mon and Cave were ar­rest­ed on Sun­day af­ter of­fi­cers, led by Sgt Bas­deo Sinanan, ex­e­cut­ed a search war­rant at the apart­ment and dis­cov­ered the gun and am­mu­ni­tion.

Si­mon is al­so be­fore the Ari­ma court charged with three oth­ers for a se­ries of of­fences aris­ing out of an al­leged rob­bery at the K&A Liquor Mart, Range Road, Arou­ca, on May 20. Si­mon was re­leased on $250,000 bail on those charges and or­dered to re­port to the po­lice sta­tion near­est his home.