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Not me!
‘I never went in that room yet!’ This was the public declaration made today by Matthew Martin Gibson, of Roxy Avenue, Water Hall Land, St Michael, as he vehemently denied wrongfully confining a nurse...
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Yarde and Thompson on robbery charge
Two teenagers, accused of robbery, are due to reappear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on July 27. Jakobe Jakeem Yarde, 16, of 3rd Avenue, Pickwick Gap, St Michael, and his co-accused - Deron...
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Seale caught with stolen phone
A 41-year-old cook had to pay the court a $350 fine today in order to avoid spending three months in jail. Paul Anthony Seale, of Passage Road, St Michael, had to pay the forthwith amount to the...
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Teenager denies damaging cell phones
A 17-year-old girl, charged with two criminal offences, has been released on $2,500 bail. It is alleged that Iesha Donnisha Sealy, of Roach Village, St George, damaged two cellular phones belonging to...
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Supreme Court to remain open until further notice, says Chief Justice
Despite a leaky roof and safety concerns raised by staff and their trade union, the Supreme Court complex on Whitepark Road is to remain open. Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson made the announcement in...
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Too brazen!
“People in Barbados must be free to use an ATM [automated teller machine] without that fear of being set up and robbed!” This was the contention of Magistrate Graveney Bannister today as he sentenced...
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Driver and conductor remanded
Two public service vehicle (PSV) workers, charged in connection with yesterday’s fracas in the River Terminal, have been remanded to Dodds. PSV driver James Anthony Andrews, 34, of No 236, Apple Hall...
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Son warned after assaulting father
A 51-year-old man, who admitted to assaulting his father, has been warned to be on his best behaviour for the next six months. If Winston Trevor Bynoe, of Block 43, St Matthias, Christ Church, breaches...
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Under the influence
A 39-year-old man, who claimed that he could not remember stealing a bottle of cologne, was given a bit of a break today when he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick. Timothy Sobers, of 2nd...
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Unpaid child support comes back to bite Chandler
One minute he was granted bail today, and in another a St Philip man was back in lawful custody. Jason Gary Chandler, of Lot 3, Crane Lodge, had been on remand since May 3, 2018 after pleading not...
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Unemployed woman pleads guilty to theft
An unemployed St John woman, who went on a one-day stealing spree at Massy Stores, will know her fate in the next two months. Sushella Latoya Deshong, of Massiah Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of...
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Punish him!
It would appear that an apology from attorney Andrew Pilgrim, QC, is enough to persuade Magistrate Graveney Bannister to put to bed an angry outburst in court last month by the prominent lawyer, which...
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Angry ex
A man with a history of violence has been given six months at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds to cool his temper after pleading guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend on March 11. Sancho Bernard Boyce, of...
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Chase freed of wounding charge
A Bayland St Michael man walked out of the No.2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today with a spring in his step, as the weight of a wounding charge was removed from around his neck. Micah Laron Chase,...
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Teenager on rape charge
A male secondary school student appeared in court today charged with raping a female student at another school. The teenager, who appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the No.2 District ‘A’...
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Unequal justice
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has upheld an appeal brought by a convicted Guyanese national, who was resident in Barbados, against his 25-year murder sentence. The appellant,...
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Remorseful killer
Describing the events which led to the death of Christopher Nedd almost six years ago as fortuitous, the attorney for convicted manslayer Ricardo Stephenson said today she did not believe he should...
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Bail for duo accused of robbing tourist
Two men accused of robbing a tourist were granted bail when they appeared in court today. Marcus Dwayne Chapman, a 34 year-old general worker, of #8, Watermill Place, Bayville, St Michael, and...
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Don’t go back there!
For failing to obey a directive not to trespass on a woman’s property when she was not there, Rafael Elson will have to keep away for the next six months. That was the sentence imposed by Magistrate...
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Too much hearsay!
There is not enough evidence linking Suleman Esuf to the 2,778.38 pounds of cannabis discovered in a container in the Bridgetown Port eight years ago. That was the ruling of Magistrate Douglas...
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