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Legall denied bail despite lawyer’s plea
A bail application by the attorney of Iscah Mordecai Legall of No. 148 Husbands Gardens, St James could not get him out of jail. A magistrate today denied his bail and ordered that he remains on remand...
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Police seeking public’s help finding court witnesses
The Court Prosecutor’s Department of the Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public's assistance in locating two people who are required to attend the District “B” Magistrates' Court on...
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High Court date on Monday
People waiting to have their criminal matters heard by the High Court will have their day in court from Monday, June 25. That’s when the High Court will resume hearing criminal cases from the new...
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‘I was afraid’
Hit and run driver Tre Raheem Thompson was today fined $1,350 for committing four traffic offences. The 25-year-old, of 4th Avenue Land, Bush Hall, St Michael, pleaded guilty to driving without...
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Lewis accused of wounding bartender
A labourer who tried to “bully” a bartender into serving him beers in the bottle will know his fate on August 15. Ronald Sylvester Lewis, of Bankers Gap, Government Hill, St Michael, admitted that he...
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Man jailed for snatching visitor’s handbag
A 29-year-old St Michael man has been made to pay a hefty price for snatching the handbag of an English visitor. Timothy Anthony St Pierre, of Garden Land, Country Road, will spend the next nine months...
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Cop banned
The police constable who was involved in the May 26 accident on the ABC Highway that claimed the life of 52-year-old Owen Stuart has been banned from riding motorcycles and operating all other forms of...
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Armed robbery
A 23-year-old man lost his freedom today, three months after he robbed another man at knifepoint. Harlem Darin Anthony Small, of 3rd Avenue Bibby’s Lane, St Michael, pleaded guilty before Magistrate...
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Clarke comes up with a surety
A 24-year-old man, who spent the last 28 days on remand at HMP Dodds, is now out on $3,000 bail. Rodney Darian Clarke, of no fixed place of abode, was released after his surety confirmed his...
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‘I apologize for smoking’
A St George man, who tried to ease his stress by smoking “a spliff”, has been fined $350. Ellerton resident Tramaine Ricardo Christopher Crawford now has one month to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s...
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CCJ rules out automatic death sentence
Persons convicted of murder in Barbados can no longer be served with an automatic death sentence. That is because this country's final appellate court - the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice...
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CCJ lifeline
From now on, persons convicted of murder here will no longer receive an automatic death sentence. In an historic ruling today, this country’s final court of appeal, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court...
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Off to jail
Convicted burglar Dario Arlington Hollingsworth has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The 23-year-old, of Henry’s Lane, St Michael, stood in the dock today seven months after he claimed he was...
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Dean gets another chance at rehab
A 52-year-old man was reduced to tears this morning after a Bridgetown magistrate remanded him to Dodds. However, those tears soon turned into laughter when Ronald Dacosta Dean, of no fixed place of...
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Labourer owns up to robbery charge
An 18-year-old labourer has pleaded guilty to robbery. However, Donston McDonald Powlett, of Sixth Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael, was adamant that one of the items taken was rightfully his. The...
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Cherubin to know his fate on Friday
A 46-year-old man threw in the towel today and pleaded guilty to a burglary charge seven months after he was accused of committing the crime. However, Paul Amron Cherubin, of St Stephens Hill, Black...
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‘I can’t take it’
A 27-year-old Vincentian painter, who fully expected to return home today after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, will spend the night at HMP Dodds. Dillano Gregdan Jon Olive, of Second...
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Water sports operator fined $350 for drugs
A water sports operator, who said he was trying to escape the Sargassum weed on the south coast, was made to part ways with $350 after he was held with illegal drugs. Sadio Okolo Batson, of Maxwell...
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Cumberbatch admits to stealing two rotis and two slices of cake
A 59-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to theft, has been remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital for assessment. Adwin Alonza Cumberbatch, of My Lord’s Hill, St Michael, requested help for his drug habit...
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Mottley makes bail
A 23-year-old man, accused of ten criminal charges, was granted $10,000 bail today after the prosecutor failed to produce a file in any of the cases. Adrian Ramario Mottley, of No 13 Watermill Place,...
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