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05/12/2003
Loyalist fails in court bid to overturn sentence
A leading loyalist has failed in his attempt to have a two-year jail sentence overturned.
Andre Shoukri, from Sunningdale Gardens in Belfast, was jailed in July after being found guilty of possessing a gun and ammunition in suspicious circumstances.
The 26-year-old was also sentenced for two years to run concurrently on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition without certificates.
However, he was cleared of possession with the intent to endanger life.
Mr Shoukri was not in court today to hear the ruling from the Appeal Court judges who said his sentence was fully merited as the gun had been obtained illicitly together with a significant amount of ammunition.
Shoukri had originally denied the charges, saying the gun was for his own personal protection following death threats he had received.
The weapon and a quantity of ammunition was discovered when the car he was travelling in was stopped and searched as he left the loyalist Rathcoole area in September last year.
Although he initially denied all knowledge of the weapon, it is understood that he later admitted to police that the weapon had been acquired as personal protection following a death treat from other loyalists.
(MB)
Andre Shoukri, from Sunningdale Gardens in Belfast, was jailed in July after being found guilty of possessing a gun and ammunition in suspicious circumstances.
The 26-year-old was also sentenced for two years to run concurrently on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition without certificates.
However, he was cleared of possession with the intent to endanger life.
Mr Shoukri was not in court today to hear the ruling from the Appeal Court judges who said his sentence was fully merited as the gun had been obtained illicitly together with a significant amount of ammunition.
Shoukri had originally denied the charges, saying the gun was for his own personal protection following death threats he had received.
The weapon and a quantity of ammunition was discovered when the car he was travelling in was stopped and searched as he left the loyalist Rathcoole area in September last year.
Although he initially denied all knowledge of the weapon, it is understood that he later admitted to police that the weapon had been acquired as personal protection following a death treat from other loyalists.
(MB)
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