Firearms offender Gladstone Butterfield left an early morning fight and returned with a loaded gun, Supreme Court heard yesterday.However when he arrived back at the scene of the brawl police were already there to deal with the incident.His attempt to flee sparked a high-speed chase that ended with a collision on South Road.Butterfield, 26, last month pleaded guilty to possessing a Kel-Tec semi-automatic pistol on July 25.His sentencing began yesterday, but the matter was adjourned partway through proceedings when a psychological report on the defendant was ordered.Before the matter was adjourned, Crown Counsel Cindy Clarke told the court that at around 1.49am on the day in question, officers were responding to a report of a fight at Southampton Rangers Cricket Club when they saw Butterfield driving through the parking area at a high rate of speed.The officers attempted to stop Butterfield, who was alone in the vehicle, but Butterfield turned away from the area, speeding East on South Road at speeds reaching 110kph with police in pursuit.The chase ended not long after Butterfield passed the Fairmont Southampton Princess, when he lost control of the vehicle while trying to negotiate a turn and collided with a wall.Police saw Butterfield exit the vehicle and drop an object back into the car before raising his hands on the orders of the officers. He denied having drugs in his possession, saying: “I don’t deal with that.”But asked if he had any weapons, he responded: “I’m going to spend time with my old man. My life is over.”A brief search of the car revealed the firearm, loaded with nine 9mm rounds, on the floor behind the passenger seat. Tests later indicated that the firearm was in good working condition, and not linked to any other recorded offences.Searching though Butterfield’s cell phone, officers found multiple photographs of guns, ammunition and large quantities of cash.In a court ordered social inquiry report, Butterfield admitted being involved in the fight at the cricket club, saying he left to retrieve the firearm from his home and returned.“He did not in fact use it, but he for at least a short period formed an intent,” Ms Clarke said. “He is someone who left to go get it and come back to where he had been involved in an altercation.”She said that Butterfield admitted owning the firearm, telling report writers he had purchased it for protection following the violent deaths of several friends and family members.The court heard that on Boxing Day in 2007, Aquil Richardson was shot dead in Butterfield’s yard as the defendant looked on.And murder victims Kellon Hill and Tekle Mallory, who were fatally stabbed in 2008 and 2001 respectively, were both described as Butterfield’s cousins.While Ms Clarke said that Butterfield had not been co-operative following his arrest, defence attorney Shade Subair said many of the facts mentioned in the prosecution’s case actually came from Butterfield himself.She requested the court set back sentencing so that a psychological assessment could be carried out, saying that Butterfield may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ordered the psychological report be carried out, adjourning the matter to be mentioned in the February arraignments session.