Court proceedings took a violent turn this afternoon as two of four men turned on each other in the docks of the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court.

After 23-year-old Malcolm Marlon Archer, of Sweet Street, Lowthers Hill, Christ Church, 25-year-old Ramone Sharome Henderson Griffith of the same address, 23-year-old Shaquille Oneal Orlando Cumberbatch, of 3rd Avenue Parris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael and 28-year-old Rashad Kemar Moore, of Vauxhall, Christ Church, entered the dock, Archer said he wanted to put in an application for bail, while telling Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant that before he found himself in “this predicament” he was gainfully employed.

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However, his bail application came to an abrupt halt as a fight erupted between him and Moore.

Officers rushed to part the two accused, as their fight spilled out of the docks, forcing onlookers to scamper to safety.

The incident ended as quickly it began, although one of the accused could be heard saying, “I don’t want he near me” even after the fight had ended.

The men are jointly charged with unlawfully wounding Rosche Chandler with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him or to do some serious bodily harm to him.

They are also accused of entering Chandler’s home as trespassers and stealing $23, 598 worth of items, including eight rings, a bracelet, three cellular phones, two hats, a bag, three fire sticks, a pair of slippers, two chains, two pendants, four pairs of shoes, four watches and $1,600 cash.

It is also alleged that they had a firearm, a hammer and a knife when the offences took place.

They return to court on August 13.

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A Vincentian man, charged with assault, will make his next appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on November 12.

Dillano Gregdon John Olive, of Station Hill, St Michael, is charged with assaulting Danielle Boden on June 29, occasioning her actual bodily harm.

He denied the charge when he appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today.

With no objections to his $3,000 bail, he was released with a warning to stay away from the complainant until the matter is adjudicated.

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A second man from a group of six charged in connection with the seizure of 800 pounds of cannabis, has been released from jail.

Earlier, Ryan Oneal Griffith, of Lucas Street, St Philip, was unable to secure the $1 million bail amount imposed by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant during his first court appearance on June 20.

However, this morning the magistrate accepted the three sureties totaling $900, 000, which were presented by his attorney Steve Gollop.

The 44-year-old DJ/promoter is accused of committing a preparatory act for the purpose of trafficking cannabis, as well as trafficking and importing of the illegal drug on June 14.

The charges against Griffith are indictable and can only be tried in the High Court.

As part of his bail conditions, he must now report to the District ‘C’ Police Station every Monday and Thursday before noon with valid identification and must not apply for a passport or leave the country without the permission of the court.

His co-accused 50-year-old David Edward Forde, of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James, was the first to secure $900, 000 bail earlier this month with conditions.

In the meantime, four others - 54-year-old Raoul Hardat Singh, of Strathclyde Drive, St Michael; 19-year-old Joshua Aaron Singh, of No. 24 Coral Land, Haggatt Hall, St Michael; 50-year-old Richard Trevor Nurse, of Fifth Avenue, Holders Land, Brandons, St Michael and 46-year-old Dale Eugene Gill, of No. 26 Oleander Drive, Enterprise, Christ Church - remain on remand at the St Philip penal institution charged with the same crime.

They are scheduled to reappear in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on July 27.

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A Barbadian, a Jamaican and a Trinidadian, who were apparently involved in a love triangle, have ended up before the law courts.

The Jamaican, 25-year-old Odelva Rose Nathan, appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today charged with wounding Trinidadian Ornella Hall and damaging a motorcar belonging to Barbadian Samuel Boyce on July 18.

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After she pleaded guilty to the charge the court heard that Boyce was involved in a relationship with both women.

The two women apparently crossed paths and there were discussions about becoming roommates.

However, around 3:30 p.m. on the aforementioned date Nathan called Hall to ask whether she could come over and look at the apartment. Hall agreed, but when Nathan arrived, Boyce was in Hall’s bedroom, triggering a fight between the two women in which Hall was injured.

Boyce later attempted to leave the scene, but Nathan launched a stone at his car, damaging a front indicator.

Today, both women were in court.

However, the matter was adjourned until tomorrow when Boyce is expected to appear.

The issue of compensation will be discussed then as Hall is expected to leave the country on Sunday.

In the meantime, Nathan, who is represented by attorney-at-law Angella Mitchell-Gittens, was granted bail and her passport was handed over to the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court.

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A 50-year-old mechanic, charged which committing three offences against police, has been released on $2,000 bail.

Mark Winston Rollins, of Farm Road, Ellerton, St George, had been on remand since May 29, after denying a charge of refusing to leave Police Headquarters when directed to do so on May 22.

Rollins is also accused of failing to obey a police order to “move and keep moving” and of using abusive language to and resisting police constable Lenroy Scott in the execution of his duties on the same day.

However, today he was finally able to find a surety to post bail on his behalf.

The accused returns before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant on November 12.

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Defence attorney Marlon Gordon today argued that the two “indeterminate” concurrent life sentences handed down on manslayer Charles Matthew O’Brien Frederick almost six years ago were “wrong”.

Gordon, in an appeal before Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson and Justices of Appeal Kaye Goodridge and Andrew Burgess, was adamant that the trial judge had a duty to set a “minimum term of years” on the life sentences, which were handed down on July 30, 2012.

The now 42-year-old Frederick had been charged with the August 2, 2011 murders of Gerhard Stock and Arthur Chadderton but had pleaded guilty to lesser counts of manslaughter.

However, addressing the appeals court, which is sitting temporarily at Cane Garden, St Thomas, his attorney argued that the judge’s failure to put “tariff terms” on the sentences was “likely to breach [Frederick’s]
rights under Section 15 of the Constitution”.

Gordon however admitted that there were circumstances when life sentences were applicable, but said this was not so in his client’s case as he had entered an early guilty plea, had not gone to trial and had expressed remorse for his actions.

However, Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Anthony Blackman was adamant that the appeal should be dismissed and the life sentences affirmed.

Blackman further contended that the sentencing judge had satisfied all the required criteria in arriving at the ruling, which he said were “correctly and lawfully” applied.

The acting deputy DPP also warned that there must be very good reason for the court to overturn the decision which was based on “discretion”.

“The appellant has failed to demonstrate that that sentence was wrong in principle, manifestly excessive [and] disproportionate,” he stressed.

Judgment was reserved in the case following almost three hours of submissions.

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A 31-year-old man, who assaulted his ex girlfriend, is to know his fate on Monday.

When Damon Jamal Wharton, of Sobers Lane, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today it was revealed that he was in a relationship with Jennlika Austin for seven years, which had ended.

However, the two kept in contact via phone and other social media platforms.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Edwin Pinder, said those talks turned ugly when Wharton realized that Austin had moved on and was now in a new relationship.

On July 19 Austin was walking along Tudor Street, The City, when she felt a hand around her neck and realized it was Wharton’s. She tried to escaped his grasp but he continued to hold her in a headlock even he asked for her phone. She eventually escaped and reported the matter to police and Wharton was later arrested.

“I didn’t do this girl nothing, I didn’t choke her or nothing so, cause she clear skin. We were walking and I was hugging her like this,” Wharton said, while demonstrating how he had held her.

“I ask she for she phone, cause I tell she I calling she and she not answering she phone, but I didn’t take it or nothing,” he added, before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant adjourned the case to make way for  the complainant to appear in court.

In the meantime, Wharton, who is on $500 bail, has been warned not to hug, approach or communicate with Austin in anyway.

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A 34-year-old man has denied importing 503 grammes of cannabis into Barbados.

Kelvin Jamal Marshall, of Chalky Mount, St Andrew, also pleaded not guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking of $4,032 worth of the illicit drug on July 19.

The accused was granted $2,000 bail and must now report to the District ‘F’ Police Station every Tuesday before noon with valid identification.

Marshall, who is represented by attorney-at-law Ajamu Boardi, is to make his next appearance before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant on November 13.

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A 59-year-old contractor, who allegedly escaped police custody, will spend the next 28 days at HMP Dodds.

Herwin Llewellyn Burrowes, of Taylor Gap, Delmere Land, Belmont Road, St Michael, was arrested on June 9 for possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking of cannabis before he allegedly escaped “with the use of force”.

He pleaded guilty to the drug charges, but not guilty to assaulting and resisting police constable Jabari Mayers in the execution of his duties on the same date.

He was not required to plead to the indictable charge of escaping lawful custody at Temple Yard, St Michael.

Despite a bail application by his attorney, Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant remanded Burrowes until August 17, based on the seriousness of the offence and the allegation that he escaped with the use of force.

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A 38-year-old man, accused of kidnapping and rape of a minor, has lost his freedom.

Sergeo Olivia Payne, of Upper Wavell Avenue, Black Rock, St Michael, is alleged to have removed a 14-year-old from her home and to have had sexual intercourse with her without her consent on April 5.

He is further accused of stealing a $250 cellular phone and a $290 haversack on April 18 belonging to the same child.

Payne was not required to plead to the indictable charges but entered a not guilty plea to the charge of theft.

However, the prosecutor, Station Sergeant Samuel Hinds, objected to his bail based on the complainant’s age and the fact that he knew where she lived and “had easy access to her”.

The prosecutor also charged that Payne “intimidated, coerced and demanded from the complainant certain responses that she could not consent to”.

Hinds also said the Crown feared for the safety of the minor, while insisting that the accused, who is well known to the courts, must be kept away from her.

However, in his application for bail Payne argued that he had been working with the same company for the past 18 years and was a single parent to a teen daughter.

“I am not known to be violent person . . . . I get set up for these Sir. To put me in jail will hurt my family and my children. I begging for leniency to give me bail . . . . I am a totally changed person now sir,” he added.

His application was however denied by Magistrate Douglas Frederick who told the accused he had a duty to protect society and the young girl.

Payne reappears in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on August 20.

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The last ten months have reportedly not been easy for a 33-year-old Jamaican man who has been on remand at Dodds prison.

Rayon Autorney McBean, of third Avenue Bibby’s Lane, St Michael, told Magistrate Douglas Frederick today that “prison has been hard, Sir”.

“I get one bread pun a morning . . . three scoops of rice pun 12 o’clock . . . and one bread and tea with no sugar pun an evening,” McBean said in appealing for bail.

However, the prosecutor, Station Sergeant Samuel Hinds, restated the Crown’s objections to his release on the grounds that he has no strong ties to the country and was deemed a flight risk. He also pointed to the seriousness of the offence against him.

McBean is accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor on October 12, 2017.

The magistrate denied his bail application even as he told the accused that prison in any jurisdiction would be hard.

McBean returns to the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on August 20.

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A 36-year-old repeat drug offender was back before the law courts today.

Kevin Antonio McConney, of Bedford Lane, Roebuck Street, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick where he pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cannabis and one count of possession with intent to supply and having a trafficable quantity of the drug on July 18.

According to Station Sergeant Samuel Hinds, police were conducting an operation in McConney’s community when they spotted him fidgeting with his pocket.

A search was requested and 28 small Ziploc bags with the drug, weighing six grammes, were found in his boxers.

“This is mine. I was just trying to do a little hustle,” he allegedly told the police at the time.

A search warrant was also executed at his residence where 77 grammes of the drug were also discovered.

“Officer that is just a little shake off,” he responded when asked to account for the substance.

His attorney Romain Marshall, in appealing for a lenient sentence, told Magistrate Douglas Frederick his client had cooperated with police and had not wasted the court’s time. He also argued that there was no level of sophistication involved in the offence and that the most aggravating feature was the quantum of drugs found.

He then asked for a fine to be imposed on McConney.

However, Frederick pointed out that the accused had started with cocaine in 1999 and had a number of subsequent convictions before returning before the court in 2016, 2017 and now in 2018.

“Does this mean I will see you in 2019 and 2020?” Frederick asked the accused.

“I is a man everyday I does smoke, that is a habit. I does boil it to make tea and rub my shoulder . . . . It was packaged so because that is how I buy it, $50 worth . . . It is just unfortunate for me that I get back here again,” McConney said in his own defence.

For his crime he was given three months to pay the court a $1,500 fine if he wants to avoid spending six months at Dodds.

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A 48-year-old attorney was granted $10,000 bail when he appeared in court today on five criminal charges.

Marlon Markland Gordon, of No. 81 Mahogany Lane, Glen Acres, Farm Road, St George, is accused of assaulting Christina Allman, Matthew Allman and Wyatt Maynard on July 22.

It is further alleged that he damaged a dress belonging to Christina Allman and entered the premises of Angelina Allman where he reportedly conducted himself in a threatening manner.

Gordon pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District ‘D’ Magistrate’s Court.

There were no objections to bail. However, Gordon has been warned to stay away from the complainants, as well 100 yards away from the Allmans’ residence. He also had to surrender his travel documents to the court and must be off the streets from 6p.m. to 6a.m. daily.

Gordon returns to court on August 8.

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Queen’s Counsel Dr Waldo Waldron Ramsay was a great orator at the Bar, an historian, a gentleman of uncompromising principles and a towering figure in Barbados’ legal profession.

That was how his former colleagues, magistrates, court staff, police officers, court appointed security guards and those in the higher echelons of the judiciary, who worked with him over the past five decades, remembered him today.

The 88-year-old attorney passed away on Tuesday after complaining of feeling unwell.

Speaker of the House of Assembly and attorney-at-law Arthur Holder said Ramsay had left behind a rich legacy and would be missed.

“It was sad hearing the passing of Dr Waldo Ramsay. I have had the greatest of respect for him as he had a rich knowledge of history, particularly African history. He is one of the stalwarts in the mode of dress in the High Court, the wearing of the wig, his address to the jury and even the quotes of Latin. I will greatly, greatly miss his enunciation of the law and especially the camaraderie even from a political prospective,” Holder told Barbados TODAY.

Magistrate Douglas Frederick also remembered the late lawyer as a gentleman who was always smartly attired and always willing to help people.

“If you were remotely related to him he would go out of his way to assist you. He had a lot of respect for the court and the court had a lot of respect for him. He was a man whose words were solid because he did not mince words. If he felt that his client was wrong he would tell the client that he was wrong, but then he would mitigate in a very strategic way where the court would see that counsel was not condoning the act,” he explained.

Frederick also recalled Ramsay’s love of the classics as he made specific reference to William Shakespeare’s ‘MacBeth’. He further acknowledged that he was well versed in Latin and Greek.

“In his mitigation on his clients’ behalf he always used the term ‘tabula rasa’ which translates ‘blank slate’. He was a lawyer par excellence and was the embodiment of a professional who observed the code of ethics for practicing attorneys to the letter,” added Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant who also said Ramsay was the combination of “a gentleman and a British trained lawyer, always well dressed, 
. . . genuine, a family man, witty and liked to laugh”.

The deceased attorney was also remembered today as one who was always present for court. Up to the day of his passing Ramsay was at District ‘A’.

His death therefore came as a surprise and a shock to many including fellow attorney Desmond Sands who reported that “Dr Ramsay was at court in his normal affable self and we spoke”.

“Over the weekend he was not feeling the best but he was in good spirits . . .  . So certainly last night when I had heard that he had passed it was a shock and surprise at the same time,” he added.

Another attorney Mohia Ma’at said it was a privilege to see Ramsay at work.

“He is very warm and welcoming to me and indeed all the young attorneys who were privileged enough to be tutored by him. He will be missed . . . he was a gentleman,” he said in his tribute.

Ramsay’s passing has also affected court clerk Judith Husbands.

“The day before we were in the court and he was very jovial and talking about plans to go overseas later this year  . . . and we talked . . . and he went through the door not knowing it would be the last time. I feel so sad, I am going to miss him,” she said.

Security guard Jarvis Holder who spent many an afternoon under the tent at the gates of the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court having a chat with Ramsay described him as a great man and lawyer.

“Loving chap, never look down on poor people,” he said.

Also paying glowing tribute today was Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim who said Ramsay’s passing would no doubt leave a void in the legal fraternity.

“He was a great orator at the Bar. One of those people who could speak at length on literature, history, the classics. One of those who could quote Latin and Greek and would impress the younger members of the Bar with his ability to do this. He always had an antidote or a smile for you and was very, very kind and accommodating with young lawyers at the Bar,” Pilgrim said.

Ramsay leaves to mourn his wife Sheila and three children - Remona, Jill and Waldo Jr. 

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A carpenter, in his 30s, had to part with $600 today after he was found guilty of purchasing a stolen cellular phone over six years ago.

Damian Renaldo Weekes, of St Lawrence, Christ Church, was charged with dishonestly obtaining the $1,000 electronic device knowing or believing it to be stolen between October 11, 2011 and January 10, 2012.

“That day I was walking when I saw this guy named Andre. I accustom of getting things from him. I bought the phone from him and it turned out to be stolen . . . and when I got to court I understand that it was robbed from somebody else,” Weekes said as he gave an unsworn statement today.

However, Magistrate Douglas Frederick found him guilty based on oral statements he allegedly made when he was detained for the offence.

Frederick explained that Weekes had told the officer back then that he knew ‘it was a hot phone because I got it at a deal’.

“If you are in doubt, leave it out! Face a reputable place to get your stuff,” the magistrate said as he chastised Weekes and imposed the fine.

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An 18-year-old got an automatic 28-day stay at HMP Dodds today after he appeared in court on gun and ammunition charges.

Shad Gabriel Orlando Slocombe, of Block one, Apartment 5, Community High Rise Towers, Country Road, St Michael, is alleged to have had a .32 revolver and five rounds of ammunition in his possession on July 18.

The accused was not required to plead to the indictable charges when he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick today.

Slocombe, who is represented by attorney at law Mohia Ma’at, reappears in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on August 22.

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A PSV driver is expected to know his fate on September 6 after pleading guilty to several charges.

“I plead guilty Sir,” Angelo Wayne Omar Coward, of No 3, White Hall, St Michael, told Magistrate Douglas Frederick after he was accused of launching a bottle at another PSV driver, Brian Jackman, on March 13, 2016, along Black Rock, St Michael.

Coward was subsequently charged with assaulting Jackman and his front seat passenger Orvin Peterson, as well as damaging a motor van belonging to Fabian Wharton and putting other persons at risk.

“I am sorry Sir,” the accused told the magistrate who in turn gave him a strong chiding.

“You had no right throwing that bottle. Once you throw a missile you can’t call it back,” Frederick said before he adjourned the matter in order to allow the complainants to appear in court.

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A 43-year-old man has been ordered to keep the peace for a year.

Magistrate Douglas Frederick today handed down the sentence to Verdon Richard Holder, of Brownes Gap, Rockley, Christ Church, after reading the contents of his pre sentencing report.

Holder had previously pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, as well as possession, possession with intent to supply, and possession with intent to traffic cannabis on March 6.

The report also revealed that Holder smoked “three spliffs” per day.

“I finish now sir,” the accused suddenly said prompting the magistrate to question how he could quit cold turkey when he had been smoking from 18 years of age.

“I done now sir . . . . Yes sir just so,” he replied.

If Holder breaches the bond he will be fined $2,000 forthwith or be made to serve an alternative three months in prison.

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A 49-year-old carpenter was granted $2,500 bail when he appeared in a Bridgetown court today.

Anicetus Albert, of No. 59, St Paul’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael, is accused of causing serious bodily harm to his daughter on July 17 with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her or to do some serious bodily harm to her.

The accused was not required to plead to the charge after Magistrate Douglas Frederick read it out to him.

He was granted bail on the condition that he does not reside with the complainant.

Albert is to reappear in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on August 3.

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Police have arrested and formally charged three men in connection with Monday's drug bust at the Bridgetown Port.

They are 55-year-old Walter Oneal Prescod, a sailor, of #107 Emerald Park East, St Philip; 56-year-old Christopher Glenn Rogers, a company director, of #27 York Road, Navy Gardens, Christ Church; and 62-year-old Arthur Charles Herbert, a company chairman, of Redland Plantation, St George.

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The three persons were jointly charged with possession, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation of 267 lbs or 121.4 kilogrammes of cannabis with an estimated street value of $534,160 on Monday, July 23.

They appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

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