By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A JUDGE yesterday delayed the expected start of the ammunition possession trial for former Senator John Bostwick Jr until December.
The trial was set to begin yesterday, however, Mr Bostwick must now wait another 13 weeks for the start of the case after Crown prosecutor – and deputy director of public prosecutions – Franklyn Williams asked Magistrate Andrew Forbes for an adjournment.
Mr Bostwick’s lawyer, and father, John Bostwick Sr, did not object to the request. The case was adjourned to December 15.
Mr Bostwick was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt for the alleged possession of 10 live rounds of .22 ammunition which were found on Saturday, May 17.
According to reports, the accused was in the domestic section of the Grand Bahama International Airport when, during a routine check, airport security allegedly discovered a quantity of ammunition in his luggage.
An X-ray machine security officer noticed a suspicious object in the bag allegedly carried by the 42-year-old and alerted the police at the airport.
The officers checked the bag. It was claimed that it contained 10 rounds of .22 ammunition.
The senator was taken into custody and flown to Nassau where he was held at the Central Detective Unit.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on $9,000 bail.
Mr Bostwick’s position as a Free National Movement senator was revoked two days after the arraignment.
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