Fight in court
Court proceedings took a violent turn this afternoon as two of four men turned on each other in the docks of the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court. After 23-year-old Malcolm Marlon Archer, of Sweet...
View ArticleVincy ordered to stay away from complainant
A Vincentian man, charged with assault, will make his next appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on November 12. Dillano Gregdon John Olive, of Station Hill, St Michael, is charged with...
View ArticleDJ posts bail in the sum of $900,000
A second man from a group of six charged in connection with the seizure of 800 pounds of cannabis, has been released from jail. Earlier, Ryan Oneal Griffith, of Lucas Street, St Philip, was unable to...
View ArticleLove triangle turns ugly
A Barbadian, a Jamaican and a Trinidadian, who were apparently involved in a love triangle, have ended up before the law courts. The Jamaican, 25-year-old Odelva Rose Nathan, appeared before Magistrate...
View ArticleMechanic denies cursing police
A 50-year-old mechanic, charged which committing three offences against police, has been released on $2,000 bail. Mark Winston Rollins, of Farm Road, Ellerton, St George, had been on remand since May...
View ArticleJudgment reserved in Frederick’s appeal
Defence attorney Marlon Gordon today argued that the two “indeterminate” concurrent life sentences handed down on manslayer Charles Matthew O’Brien Frederick almost six years ago were “wrong”. Gordon,...
View ArticleUgly twist
A 31-year-old man, who assaulted his ex girlfriend, is to know his fate on Monday. When Damon Jamal Wharton, of Sobers Lane, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today it was...
View ArticleMarshall denies importing drugs
A 34-year-old man has denied importing 503 grammes of cannabis into Barbados. Kelvin Jamal Marshall, of Chalky Mount, St Andrew, also pleaded not guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply...
View ArticleBurrowes accused of escaping lawful custody
A 59-year-old contractor, who allegedly escaped police custody, will spend the next 28 days at HMP Dodds. Herwin Llewellyn Burrowes, of Taylor Gap, Delmere Land, Belmont Road, St Michael, was arrested...
View ArticleNo consent
A 38-year-old man, accused of kidnapping and rape of a minor, has lost his freedom. Sergeo Olivia Payne, of Upper Wavell Avenue, Black Rock, St Michael, is alleged to have removed a 14-year-old from...
View ArticleJamaican finds the going tough at Dodds prison
The last ten months have reportedly not been easy for a 33-year-old Jamaican man who has been on remand at Dodds prison. Rayon Autorney McBean, of third Avenue Bibby’s Lane, St Michael, told Magistrate...
View ArticleMcConney unable to kick his drug habit
A 36-year-old repeat drug offender was back before the law courts today. Kevin Antonio McConney, of Bedford Lane, Roebuck Street, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick where he...
View ArticleLawyer on $10,000 bail
A 48-year-old attorney was granted $10,000 bail when he appeared in court today on five criminal charges. Marlon Markland Gordon, of No. 81 Mahogany Lane, Glen Acres, Farm Road, St George, is accused...
View Article‘A gentleman and a lawyer’
Queen’s Counsel Dr Waldo Waldron Ramsay was a great orator at the Bar, an historian, a gentleman of uncompromising principles and a towering figure in Barbados’ legal profession. That was how his...
View ArticleHot phone
A carpenter, in his 30s, had to part with $600 today after he was found guilty of purchasing a stolen cellular phone over six years ago. Damian Renaldo Weekes, of St Lawrence, Christ Church, was...
View ArticleTeen remanded on gun and ammo charges
An 18-year-old got an automatic 28-day stay at HMP Dodds today after he appeared in court on gun and ammunition charges. Shad Gabriel Orlando Slocombe, of Block one, Apartment 5, Community High Rise...
View ArticleOffside
A PSV driver is expected to know his fate on September 6 after pleading guilty to several charges. “I plead guilty Sir,” Angelo Wayne Omar Coward, of No 3, White Hall, St Michael, told Magistrate...
View ArticleDrug accused placed on a bond
A 43-year-old man has been ordered to keep the peace for a year. Magistrate Douglas Frederick today handed down the sentence to Verdon Richard Holder, of Brownes Gap, Rockley, Christ Church, after...
View ArticleCarpenter accused of harming his daughter
A 49-year-old carpenter was granted $2,500 bail when he appeared in a Bridgetown court today. Anicetus Albert, of No. 59, St Paul’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael, is accused of causing serious bodily...
View ArticleTrio charged following drug bust
Police have arrested and formally charged three men in connection with Monday's drug bust at the Bridgetown Port. They are 55-year-old Walter Oneal Prescod, a sailor, of #107 Emerald Park East, St...
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