Ladyville man fined over $200 for possession of a knife measuring more than 2 inches

Published by BBNTEAM at November 23, 2022

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Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2022. 10:38 am CST.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 28-year-old Ladyville resident was fined this week, for being in possession of a knife in public.

Oscar Perez appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, where he was read a single count of possession of a knife with a blade measuring over 3 inches.

Perez immediately pleaded guilty to the offense, explaining that he borrowed the knife from a relative and had the knife mounted on his bicycle. He stressed that he had not intended to use it as a weapon.

The Magistrate explained to him that unless you are on a work site during working hours, it is an offense to be in possession of a knife measuring more than 3 inches. For his guilty plea Perez was fined $250 plus $5 cost of court which he must pay by January 31, 2023 or face 2 months in jail.

Police found him with the knife on his bicycle on November 11.

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