BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE hammer of justice descended swiftly on Kimbell ‘Kim’ Williams of Conaree on Thursday last (June 18) when he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for gun-related offences.
Williams, who is currently serving a two-year sentence for illegal possession of a firearm, made an appearance before the District ‘B’ Magistrate Court, Sandy Point on charges of “illegal gun possession” and “illegal firearm possession”. The charges, according to a police report, were preferred against him following an incident which occurred almost two years ago.
“At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday 15th September 2007 acting on information received, police stopped and search motor car P-4710 in Challengers and found a .32 pistol with eight (8) rounds of ammunition inside of the vehicle. The driver and owner of the vehicle, Glenford Pelle Gumbs Jr. of Cayon Village along with occupant Kimbell Kim Williams of Keys Village were arrested and charged with the offences of Possession of a Firearm and Possession of Ammunition."
The release further explains that the charges against Gumbs were later dismissed.
After Williams appeared before the court, he was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment on each count, which are to run concurrently. The presiding Magistrate however ordered that Williams begin serving these sentences on expiration of the sentence he is currently serving.
SKNVibes understands that the offence attached to the sentence which Williams currently serves was committed after the 2007 offence.
