A nightclub DJ was caught with a gun when armed Police stopped him after a tip-off, Supreme Court heard yesterday.

Prosecutor Maria Sofianos said Gregory (Sheep) Outerbridge was DJing at a party at Club Ovation in St. George's on the night of Friday, September 11, 2009.

She explained the Police "received information he was in possession of a bag containing a firearm".

Four armed officers joined other Police outside the club in Water Street as a result. Outerbridge exited the venue around 3.30 a.m. on September 12 and got on a motorbike as a pillion passenger.

The Police pursued the bike and stopped it by St. George's Police Station, in York Street. Outerbridge and the rider of the bike, Tarik White, were both detained.

Ms Sofianos said Outerbridge had a bag strapped to his shoulder. When it was searched, the Police found a Ruger P90 semi-automatic pistol and six hollow point bullets. She said Outerbridge shook his head from side to side as he was being searched, and then he lowered his chin to his chest when the gun was found.

Ms Sofianos added that the firearm was in working order and the bullets were live. Outerbridge, aged 28, of Jacob's Point, St. David's, denies possessing a firearm and ammunition and possessing a firearm in a public place.

The first witness for the Crown was Police Constable Ian Moe. He told the jury he was on patrol outside Club Ovation from 10.30 p.m. onwards on the night in question.

Two of his Police colleagues went inside the club at that time to do a liquor license check. Later on, four armed officers joined he and his colleagues outside the club. Pc Moe remained there until 3.30 am when he saw Outerbridge come out and get on the back of Mr. White's bike.

The armed officers followed it and he later heard via his Police radio that Mr. White and Outerbridge had been stopped and searched.

The case continues.