Bar owner ‘with link’ paid $450k to provide firearm licence
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The article describes a criminal case involving obtaining money by false pretence for firearm licences, referencing a 'link' to the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). This is directly related to misconduct and misuse of processes tied to a Jamaican government licensing authority.
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A bar owner was brought before a Senior Parish Judge at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last Tuesday after he was accused of taking $450,000 as payment to provide a firearm licence to the complainant.
The court was told that last May 11 and 14, Dean Denton took $200,000 and $50,000, respectively, from the complainant for the firearm licence.
He is also accused of taking another $200,000 on July 28 as payment.
Denton, who pleaded guilty to three counts of obtaining money by false pretence, told Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague that he only told the man that he had “a link” to get the license.
“I didn’t tell him that I work at the FLA [Firearm Licensing Authority]. Mi know somebody weh seh dem can do it… Mi tell him is a link mi have.”
“I would like to know more about those links,” Cole-Montague said in response, which did not elicit a response from the accused.
It was revealed that Denton is accused in a similar matter in St Catherine.
Denton, who has been in jail since November 19, was ordered to reimburse the complainant in the sum of $450,000 as part of his sentence. He was also told to return to court on April 21, when a social enquiry report is expected to be provided to the court.
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