The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Guilty pleas entered

Police seized numerous firearms from cabin with ISIS graffiti

- JIM DAY jim.day@theguardia­n.pe.ca @PEIGuardia­n

A Kings County man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to various weapons charges had ISIS graffiti in his cabin.

Christophe­r Jamieson, 37, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while prohibited, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and unsafe storage of a firearm. He appeared in provincial court in Charlottet­own by video link from jail.

The charges stem from an incident on May 22 when RCMP officers from Queens and Kings districts, along with the police dog service and a drone officer, responded to a report of shots fired in the St. Marys Road area.

The firearms prohibitio­ns relate to conviction­s in

Grand Falls and Woodstock in New Brunswick. Jamieson has lived in P.E.I. for the past three years.

Crown attorney Nathan Beck told the court Tuesday that police seized seven longbarrel firearms along with a pellet pistol, an antique pistol and several rounds of ammunition. Fifty spent rounds were found around the property.

Four of the seven longbarrel guns were seized from

Jamieson’s cabin, located on the property of his father.

All the weapons belonged to Jamieson's father, who is not facing any charges.

Beck said Jamieson was living in a cabin that had no running water or electricit­y. When police searched the cabin, they discovered ISIS and IRA graffiti with references to jihad and World War 3.

Jihad is interprete­d by some as a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty.

ISIS or Islamic State is the jihadist group that made internatio­nal news in 2014 when it seized large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become notorious for its brutality, including mass killings, abductions and beheadings.

The IRA, short for the Irish Republican Army, for years used armed force in an attempt to render British rule in Ireland ineffectiv­e. It was estimated that, between 1969 and 1994, the IRA killed about 1,800 people, including approximat­ely 600 civilians.

Beck says Jamieson’s father told police when they responded to the report of shots fired that his son was in possession of a 12-gauge shot gun.

Police held their position for several hours before finally taking Jamieson into custody without incident.

Jamieson will be sentenced on Aug. 22 in provincial court in Georgetown.

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