St George man remanded on ammunition charge
A 32-year-old Ellerton, St. George man was remanded by a Bridgetown magistrate today after appearing in court on a charge of having ammunition belonging to the Crown. Troy Henderson Ward was not...
View ArticleYoung offender owns up to having herb
Magistrate Douglas Frederick this afternoon ordered a pre-sentencing report for a 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cannabis. Shane Ismael of Bridge Gap, Black Rock, St...
View ArticleDouble catch
A 56-year-old Barbadian fisherman and a 38-year-old Vincentian labourer appeared in court here today, charged in connection with Sunday night’s multi-million dollar drug bust, which occurred in this...
View ArticleDon’t lie to me Borman!
A King Edward Road, Bank Hall, St Michael man, who pleaded guilty to four drug offences, today received a stern warning from the magistrate before his case was adjourned until Friday. “I hope you can...
View ArticlePregnant woman released on bail
The Barbadian woman who has been jointly charged with three British visitors in connection with a $75,000 credit card scam, made her third appearance in a Bridgetown magistrates’ court today. After her...
View Article$3,000 fine for cannabis
A 26-year-old man, who said he now works in a wine store at a local hotel, was today fined $3,000 for having $2,600 worth of cannabis in his possession. However, District “A” Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleWanted man to appear in court
Wanted man Wayne Dexter Reid is expected to appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today on a number of drug charges. Reid, 48, of Regency Park, Christ Church, is charged with possession,...
View ArticleAfter duct tape comes sex, says accused
The raunchy details surrounding a domestic dispute were played out in court today in a case that resembled a soap opera. In explaining to the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court why he assaulted his former...
View ArticleReid out!
The granting of bail to persons facing drug-related charges based on the street value of the narcotics appears to be posing major challenges for the island’s magistrates’ courts. The magnitude of the...
View ArticleWeed proved costly for labourer
A labourer from 5th Avenue, Holders Land, Brandons, St Michael was fined $350 today by District ‘A’ Magistrate Douglas Frederick after he pleaded guilty to having $5 worth of cannabis in his possession...
View ArticleSon gets terrible beating
A father who beat his young son with a belt on March 14 this year appeared in a Bridgetown magistrates’ court today charged with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting bodily harm. The District ‘A’...
View ArticleLawyers refuse to represent American attorney
An American woman who appeared on the charge sheet as a water sports operator but who the police confirmed was an attorney-at-law, was remanded to HMP Dodds this afternoon after she failed to find a...
View ArticleFatal Split
It was Jerrick Samuel ‘Jerri’ Tudor’s hurt and jealousy which caused him to stab the mother of his child to death almost three years ago. This afternoon, the barber from Black Rock, St. Michael pleaded...
View ArticleZR drivers’ dispute turns ugly
Two ZR drivers were remanded to HMP Dodds today after they pleaded guilty to using unlawful violence on Tuesday towards another person, and causing those present at the scene to fear for their safety....
View ArticleSOL employee granted bail
A 57-year-old SOL employee has been granted bail in the amount of $10,000 after he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court yesterday to answer three drug offences. Frank Jefferson Wiltshire of...
View ArticleFlight attendant sent back to jail
LIAT flight attendant Deann Pat Portia Plummer, who has been charged with drug trafficking, was yesterday remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for another week, after making her second court...
View Article‘Traumatic’
The owner of the Campus Trendz clothing store on Tudor Street took to the witness stand for the first time this afternoon, as the murder trial of Jamal Dewayne Orlando Bynoe resumed. Bynoe is accused...
View ArticleGuilty of carrying cutlass and scissors
A teenager was convicted today in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to possessing offensives weapons while on Broad Street yesterday. Eighteen-year-old Andre Jamal Clarke of...
View ArticleTeen escapes jail
A 19 year old man without a job was sentenced today by the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court to nine months behind bars for stealing, but he will not spend one day in jail. That’s because Magistrate...
View ArticleSix months for damage
An unemployed man of Marl Hole Road, Carrington Village, St Michael was today sentenced to six months in jail during which he is expected to mull over the damage he caused to the property of Leibert...
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