Vic: Psychiatrist granted bail over handgun taken to court

AAP General News (Australia)
02-16-2007
Vic: Psychiatrist granted bail over handgun taken to court

MELBOURNE, Feb 16 AAP - A psychiatrist accused of trying to smuggle a loaded handgun
into a Melbourne court has been granted bail.

Jerome Gelb, 49, of suburban Armadale, appeared in the Supreme Court in Melbourne today.

Gelb was charged after Melbourne Magistrate's Court security staff allegedly detected
a loaded .22 pistol and 42 bullets in his backpack when he tried to enter court on February
1.

Gelb told police he carried the gun for protection and had forgotten it was in his
backpack the day he attended court to apply for an intervention order against his ex-wife.

Justice Bernard Bongiorno today granted Gelb bail on a $50,000 surety and ordered him
to surrender his firearms licence and any weapons he owns and to consult a psychiatrist
weekly.

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