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King charged with attemping to import drugs in muffler
For someone with no previous convictions, Jamario Akiel King “started at the top of the class”. That was the view of Magistrate Douglas Frederick, after the 22-year-old admitted to trying to import...
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Murder accused remanded
The man charged with the shooting death of Dwayne Bush Forde has been remanded to prison. Michael Shane Olijuan James, of Ashby Alley, Nelson Street, St Michael, was not required to plead to murdering...
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Taylor makes bail despite lengthy conviction record
Jason Omar Taylor’s lengthy conviction card did not prevent him from securing his freedom today. Despite 27 burglary convictions and two for loitering, Magistrate Douglas Frederick still granted him...
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EBC finally registers St Lucian academic
St Lucian professor Eddy Ventose and three other Commonwealth citizens who had sued the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) for refusing to include their names on the electoral list, have finally...
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Road rage
A magistrate today chided a ZR driver over his behaviour, after he slapped another driver in a fit of rage. Corey Jamal Best, 33, of Thornbury Hill, Christ Church, received a tongue lashing when he...
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Man denies beating woman over DLP poster
He admitted to beating the mother of his two young children, but Jamal Terry Blackman denied he did so because she read a Democratic Labour Party poster. Blackman, 24, of Colleton, St Lucy, pleaded...
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Not my drugs, says Clarke
The drugs found in the car he was driving were not his, insisted Rick Jabarry Clarke. But because he was the driver of the vehicle he was willing to accept full responsibility. The 29-year-old, of...
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Phillips sentenced to community service
After being held with cannabis, Dane Raheem Phillips pleaded with the arresting officer to give him a chance. And while that officer didn’t prove to be very forgiving, Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant...
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Pay back time
A man who collected his friend’s rent but chose to keep it, is to repay the money in five months. Gladstone Clarke, of Cyprus Street, St Michael, who had previously pleaded not guilty to stealing...
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No ease for Whitney
To say the last month has been rough for Jamal Whitney might be an understatement. After he was released from prison last month, the 25-year-old, of 3rd Avenue, Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, St...
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Farrell owns up to drug charge
“I love smoking. It is very exciting.” That was the response of 26-year-old Atiba Oneal Farrell, of no fixed place of abode, when asked by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant in the District ‘A’...
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Sour deal
In desperate need of a car loan, Alicia Sargeant thought she had found a saviour in Johan Fernando Nekens Prescod. Unfortunately for her, Prescod turned out to be a con man. The good news for her...
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Howard accused of assaulting another man
Davino Shakell Howard can consider himself lucky not to have spent the night in jail. Howard, 24, of Foul Bay, St Philip, was granted bail after he pleaded not guilty to assaulting Lamar Wilkinson on...
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Alleyne sent off to ‘Mental’
A 42-year-old man, who threatened to stone two people, has been admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital. After pleading guilty to unlawfully assaulting Yvette Layne-Walcott and Jervis Holder, as well as...
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Beckles finally owns up to robbery
For his role in trying to put a plastic bag over a man’s head and robbing him, Junior Nathaniel Beckles was sentenced to 12 months at HMP Dodds. On his previous court appearance, the 54-year-old, of...
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Barbadian minors committing more violent crimes, court official says
Barbadian minors are becoming increasingly aggressive, with a growing number of them committing violent crimes, according to a senior court official. While not providing details such as numbers or age...
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88 convictions
At age 58, Mackleton Dacosta Wood racked up his 88th conviction today. However, it will be at least another 18 months before he will get an opportunity to add to that tally since he will be behind...
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Yearwood to pay $2,000 in two months
Albert Peter Yearwood ran when he saw police outside of his home, but he couldn’t run from four drug charges when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today. After pleading guilty to the...
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Couple ordered to keep the peace
For wasting the police and the court’s time, a couple has been placed on a bond to keep the peace for the next year. Dale Honley Rowe and his girlfriend Shon-Lyn Callender will have to stay out of...
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Angry ex-employee
Upset that he had been fired from his job, Richard Ricardo Prescod took out his frustration on his former boss by cuffing him in the head. His actions landed him in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court...
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