Bank employee uncovers $155K fraud linked to deceased customer
A bank employee became suspicious after noticing large sums being withdrawn from a chequing account and contacted the police. Days later, the employee saw the customer’s obituary in the newspaper....
View ArticlePainter remanded on gun, assault charges
A 38-year old painter has been charged with gun and ammunition possession as well as resisting and assaulting a police officer. Oneal Clavis Nile Hinds, of Howells Cross Road, St Michael, was...
View ArticleGrandmother admits to supermarket theft
Denise Patricia Mayers wanted to get something special for her grandchildren, so she went into a supermarket and stole several items. However, that landed her before Acting Chief Magistrate Graveney...
View ArticleAccused in BCC stabbing gets bail with order to stay away from victim
Shelton Dewayne Milton Blackman has been released on $10 000 bail and told to stay away from the Barbados Community College (BCC) student he is accused of stabbing. After spending seven weeks on...
View ArticleChef charged with harbouring wanted man
A 50-year-old chef was ordered to surrender his travel documents to the court after being charged with harbouring wanted man Rackeem Alleyne. Trevor Francois of Nelson Street, St Michael appeared in...
View ArticleWoman recounts circumstances surrounding her rape at 15
A complainant told the No. 2A Supreme Court on Thursday that when she was 15 years old, Kenrick Leroy Thomas pushed her down to the ground, covered her head with a cushion and raped her. The now...
View ArticleMP Rowe’s alleged victim tells court of rape after drinks
In a two-and-a-half-hour emotional testimony, during which she struggled to hold back tears, the alleged victim in the Neil Rowe rape trial took the High Court through a detailed account of what she...
View ArticleWoman charged with assisting offender
A 30-year-old woman has been charged with assisting an offender. Shaniqua Shanice Gill, of Neptune Road, Deacons Farm, St Michael, was arrested and formally charged with the offence that was allegedly...
View ArticleMP among witnesses testifying as Rowe rape trial continues
A close friend of the woman who has accused government MP Neil Rowe of rape testified in the No. 5 Supreme Court on Friday that she messaged him the morning of the alleged incident to say she had...
View ArticleJamaicans handed over to immigration authorities
Two undocumented Jamaican nationals – one, convicted of unlawful and malicious wounding, and the other, the complainant – were handed over to Immigration officials when they returned to the District...
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