NASSAU- Prosecutors have asked the Court of Appeal to jail 68-year-old Pericles Maillis for his crimes.
Maillis, a cousin of the lawyer with the same name, was fined $15,500 after he admitted to having four unlicensed firearms, 120 rounds of ammunition, and marijuana, worth $75,000, in September.
Maillis faces one year in prison for nonpayment.
Prosecutor Cassie Bethell told the court that prison was the appropriate punishment for Maillis’ crimes.
The court heard that the seized rifles were artefacts from World War II and the revolver was more than 40 years old.
Maillis said he kept an illegally shortened shotgun for protection.
He also had 107 rounds of .38 ammunition and 13 shotgun shells.
Authorities uprooted a ganja farm and found more marijuana inside the home. The plants and the drugs had a collective value of $75,000.
The prosecutor argued that others had been imprisoned for one gun and less drugs.
On the other hand, defense lawyer David Cash said the light sentence could be justified.
He said Maillis had no previous convictions, cooperated with authorities and pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
Cash asked, “How is justice served by having this old man locked up in Fox Hill Prison?”
Justices of Appeal Sir Michael Barnett, Stella Crane-Scott and Roy Jones have reserved their decision.
