A man who pleaded guilty to having an illegal gun was yesterday resentenced to 14 months in prison.
Jason Dumervert, 20, was sentenced to the mandatory minimum of four years when he entered his guilty plea in November 2012.
Senior Justice Jon Isaacs sent the case back to Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt for resentencing in December 2013 after he ruled that the mandatory minimum was unwarranted in that particular case.
Ferguson-Pratt said she did not feel that four years was an appropriate sentence but she had to comply with the statute.
Dumervert, who has already spent a little over 13 months in custody, will be freed on January 14, Ferguson-Pratt said.
The magistrate praised Dumervert for his honesty by saying that he owned the gun. She noted that the prosecution would have been hard-pressed to prove possession based on where the gun was found.
Ferguson-Pratt said that Dumervert, who was charged along with three others, had shown himself to be a man "because a man takes responsibility for his actions".
She said the country had to show a zero tolerance for firearms, which were "sullying the reputation of The Bahamas as a Christian nation".
Dumervert was represented by Glendon Rolle.

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