Father Charged for Abetment; Son Wanted for Attempted Murder

Owen Pollard Sr.

Forty-six-year-old Owen Pollard Senior has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned on a single charge of abetment to murder.  His son, Owen Pollard Junior, is on the run and is wanted in connection with the attempted murder of twenty-seven-year-old Zane Pott, a resident of mile two on the George Price Highway.  On December fifth, around eight p.m., Pott was shot while walking across the highway from Belize Foam Factory.  He was reportedly talking to a young lady when her boyfriend is said to have showed up and began threatening him.  According to Pott, the Owen Pollard Junior left and returned with a male person who produced a firearm and pointed it in his direction.  According to Pott, he managed to hit the firearm and ran away, that’s when the shot was fired at him.