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New list of QCs released
Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley is among a list of over a dozen attorneys to be elevated to the level of Queen’s Counsel (QC). Other notable names on the just-released list are Supreme...
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Justice delayed
The wheels of justice grounded to an abrupt halt today and will remain the same tomorrow, as frustrated workers downed tools at the Barbados Supreme Court Complex, due to worrying environmental...
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Lawyer wants Chief Electoral Officer jailed for contempt of court
The Supreme Court of Barbados has been asked to “commit” Chief Electoral Officer Angela Taylor to Dodds “for a period of time for contempt of court”. Leslie Haynes, QC, made the urgent application...
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Seven days at Dodds
Political hopeful Herman Oral Lowe today informed a local magistrate that he had one week left to serve at HMP Dodds for contempt of court. Lowe, a candidate contesting the upcoming general election on...
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Rape charge against Chase dismissed
A watersports operator no longer has a rape charge hanging over his head. The May 31, 2016 case for which Micah Laron Chase of No.4 Gullyfield Avenue, Bayville, St Michael was accused of having sexual...
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Yarde gets a break
A 29-year-old painter must be on his best behaviour if he wants to avoid spending time at HMP Dodds. Jabar Danko Yarde, of 1st Avenue Pionner Road, Bush Hall, St Michael appeared before Magistrate...
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Storeroom worker denies threatening ex
A 30-year-old storeroom worker accused of committing two criminal acts against the mother of his child, was granted $2,500 bail when he appeared in court today. Dwight Ramon Marridona Edwin, of Gaskin...
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Two plead not guilty causing a disturbance
Two St Michael women who appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today secured $2,500 bail after they denied the charges levelled against them. Lisa Antricia Grannum, 27, and Shernelle Latoya...
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Give him a break!
He is accused of assaulting his own father on January 1 this year. However, ironically, it was an intervention by the said victim that stopped 51-year-old Winston Trevor Bynoe, of Block 4C, St...
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Cox to compensate mother of his child
A 35-year-old Christ Church man was today ordered to pay the mother of his daughter $300 in compensation after he was accused of assaulting her and occasioning her actual bodily harm on April 2, 2018....
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Cumberbatch convicted of drug possession
A St Michael man was sentenced to 140 hours of community service after he was found guilty of possession of cannabis. The charge against Mario Kareem Cumberbatch of Yearwood Road, Black Rock, St...
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Judgment reserved
The policy of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) that only Commonwealth citizens who hold the status of citizen, immigrant or permanent resident can register to vote, is in contravention of...
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Commonwealth citizens eligible to vote here – lawyer
All Commonwealth citizens who have lived in Barbados for three or more years and are not disqualified under the Representation of the People Act are eligible vote in this country, according to an...
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Supreme Court to be relocated
The Barbados Supreme Court Complex is to be closed for the next several months, as authorities continue to grapple with the environmental concerns bedeviling the building. A decision was taken today at...
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22 convictions
A 28-year-old man, with 22 convictions, today appealed to High Court Judge Randall Worrell to give him one last chance. While acknowledging that he was definitely not a saint, Leandro Renaldo Dominic...
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Teen among trio charged for gun and ammo offences
A 16-year-old girl is among a St Michael trio remanded to HMP Dodds on gun and ammunition charges. Kiana Krisana Shepherd, of Queen Street, Nelson Street, is jointly charged with 34-year-old Damian...
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Famer apologizes for throwing stones
A pre sentencing report has been ordered into the life of a 25-year-old farmer who has admitted to throwing stones along Princess Royal Avenue, St Michael, posing a threat to passersby. Mario Diego...
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Woman accused of assaulting a man gets bail
A 25-year-old woman, accused of assault, was today released on $8,000 bail. It is alleged that Keisha Latoya Crawford, of Ruby Tenantry, St Philip, caused serious body harm to Terry Scantlebury on...
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‘I am very sorry’
An apology to his sister was not enough to save 20-year-old Atsu Kehinde Tese Jones, of Kendall Hill, Christ Church, from spending 12 months behind bars. What’s more, Jones, who admitted before Oistins...
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Pryme owns up to his cocaine habit
A 52-year-old man, who confessed to having cocaine paraphernalia in his pocket, will know his fate in 28 days. David Alleyne Pryme, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to having a metal scrapper...
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