Humphrey: Child abuse cases taking too long
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey has stressed the urgent need for the justice system to promptly address cases involving minors, lamenting that children who suffer abuse...
View ArticleThief jailed, ordered to compensate victim
Mushtaaq Saied Clarke will spend the next three months in prison after admitting to theft. The 32-year-old of Hothersal Turning, St Michael, was also ordered by Magistrate Manila Renee to pay...
View ArticleClarke sentenced to 24 months for criminal damage, theft
A Bridgetown court has sentenced a St James man to 24 months behind bars for breaking into four cars and stealing cash. Kedwin Stephan Clarke, 30 of Ricks Road, Thorpes, St James, appeared before...
View ArticleEntrepreneur denies assault and wounding allegations
A 26-year-old St Lucy entrepreneur has been remanded to Dodds Prison after appearing in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on multiple charges of assault, damage, and wounding. Daniel Antoine...
View ArticleEx-cop tells court he inadvertently took ammo after shooting range visit
In a video interview entered into evidence on Monday, former senior police officer Ashford Athelbert Rap Brown Jones claimed he had “inadvertently” placed 100 rounds of .40 calibre ammunition in his...
View ArticleMurder accused remanded to Dodds
Evan Raheem Andre Jordan is on remand at Dodds Prison after appearing in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Monday, charged with committing murder last month. The 30-year-old coconut vendor...
View ArticleMan assaults two security officers, placed on bond
After a St Michael man admitted to assaulting two security officers at an event on Sunday, Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes placed him on a six-month bond to keep the peace and advised him to choose his...
View ArticleBest on suspended sentence for trespassing and harassment
Asked by a magistrate why he trespassed on a woman’s property several times after being told not to, Shawn Dale Best replied, “I hard ears”. The 49-year-old of Upper Carter’s Gap, Enterprise, Christ...
View ArticleHigh Court allows challenge to government’s bid to strike out genocide case
High Court allows challenge to government’s bid to strike out genocide case The High Court has ruled that a local pro-Palestinian organisation can challenge a move made by the government to have a...
View ArticleOctober adjournment date for Gabby
Veteran entertainer Anthony The Mighty Gabby Carter will return to court later this year after his rape case was again adjourned in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Carter, of Clapham Park,...
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