Justice Donald McIntosh yesterday sentenced 24-year-old security guard Norman Holmes, of Kitson Town, St Catherine, to 12 years' imprisonment for robbing a policewoman at gunpoint of her motorcar and firearm.

Norman Holmes, who was employed to Ranger Security Company at the time of the incident, was convicted in the Gun Court on April 10 of charges of illegal possession of firearm and robbery with aggravation.

The policewoman, who is a special constable, testified in the Gun Court that about 9:30 p.m. on November 1 last year, she was about to enter her motorcar at Central Plaza, St Andrew, when two men approached her.

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She said Holmes was one of the two men and he had a firearm. She was forced to sit in the back of the car and the two men sat in the front seats. She begged Holmes, who was sitting in the driver's seat, to let her out of the car, but he refused.

The policewoman said that, when the car was travelling along Constant Spring Road towards Half-Way Tree, she opened the door and jumped out. She was injured and was taken to hospital.

Holmes was pointed out in an identification parade.