92-year-old in court over firearm possession

Elderly Frenchman pleads guilty to illegal importation and exportation of weapon, sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for a year.

20 October 2013, 12:00am
by Staff Reporter

The Frenchman was about to leave Malta with a .22 pistol hidden in his luggage.

A 92-year-old Frenchman was arraigned in court after a .22 pistol and blank cartridges were found in his luggage at the airport.

The arrest was made yesterday at around 2:05pm at the Malta International Airport.

George Charles Andre pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him. He was handed a six-month jail term suspended for a year.

Both the weapon and the cartridges were confiscated.

Inspector Silvio Magro led the prosecution.