A Portmore resident who shot and injured a businessman was sentenced to a total of 18 years hard labour in the Gun Court yesterday.

Dwayne Brisco of Passagefort in Portmore, St Catherine, received his sentence from Justice Bryan Sykes, who gave him 10 years for illegal possession of firearm and eight years hard labour for shooting with intent.

The Crown led evidence by Detective Constable Llewellyn Madden of the Waterford Police Station in St Catherine, that in November last year, some time in the night, Brisco and another man went to the Cool Breeze Nightclub following an altercation between a woman and a man. The man was shot and injured.

Police investigations led to Brisco and another man being charged. Both appeared in the Gun Court, where they were found guilty. However, his co-accused was not sentenced as his lawyer did not turn up at court.