Head of the Prison Officers’ Association Gerald Gordon has renewed calls for prison officers to be allowed access to firearms, following an incident on August 30 in which an off-duty officer intervened in a near-fatal shooting in Champs Fleurs.

According to police reports, Dr Dorothy Williams-Chandler was driving her SUV around midnight on August 30 when a Nissan wagon, parked along the road, suddenly pulled in front of her vehicle and blocked her path.

Two men, armed and dressed in dark clothing, got out of the car and opened fire on the doctor and her husband. The off-duty prison officer, who was driving behind the couple, intervened, returning fire after one of the gunmen pointed their gun at him.