Crime of passion
She pleaded guilty to damaging two windows and a room-divider belonging to her husband but 60-year-old June Barrett said her aim was not to destroy the property but the “$1,500 teeth” in her husband’s...
View ArticleAlleged forger asks for remand
Fearful for his life a 62-year-old man today opted for time on remand instead of freedom. Edwin Edward Maughan, of Charles Rowe Bridge, St George is accused of uttering to Republic Bank (Barbados)...
View ArticleSlocombe facing gun charge
A 44-year-old plumber was granted an automatic 28-day stay at HMP Dodds today on firearm charges. Shawn Nathaniel Slocombe, of Emmanuel Court, Tudor Bridge, St Michael is alleged to have had a firearm...
View ArticleMurray denies robbing his ‘friend’
Robbery accused Renico Dadrian Murray has been remanded to HMP Dodds until November 19. The Garden Land, Country Road, St Michael resident is accused of robbing Romario Cozier of a $6,000 chain and an...
View ArticleMarshall admits to drug offence
A 30-year-old man on gun and drug charges is now on remand at HMP Dodds and will return to the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on November 19. Shamar Jamal Kelvin Marshall, of Blackman’s Road,...
View ArticleFirestarter
An alleged arsonist accused of setting fire to a building housing several businesses on Bolton Lane, The City, last Friday, will spend some time on remand at HMP Dodds. Magistrate Douglas Frederick...
View ArticleSkinner asserts his sanity
A 51-year-old man was remanded to HMP Dodds today after making it clear that he was “not a madman” when the prosecutor requested that he be sent to the Psychiatric Hospital for observation and report....
View ArticleFan comes between mother and son
A 29-year-old man has been advised to move out of his mother’s house if he wants to maintain a cordial relationship with her in the future. Thriston Lennox Mario Williams, of 1st Avenue, Goodland,...
View ArticleToilet puff proves costly
A Bridgetown magistrate today dumped a $250 fine on a 38-year-old vendor who said that he liked to smoke a spliff while on the toilet. And Dave Orlando Straker, of St Mary’s Row, St Michael only has...
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$10 of trouble
Two men accused of committing the same crime received different fates when they appeared before a Bridgetown magistrate. They are 33-year-old Shiamar Tashaka Callendar of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St...
View ArticleNo report yet on teen burglar
The reality of prison life is now setting in for a 16-year-old who previously pleaded guilty to burglary. Jadario Jelina Murray, of Cherry Tree Lane, Clevedale, St Michael today made a submission for...
View ArticleLayne remanded
Police prosecutor Station Sergeant Carrison Henry today argued that a 20-year-old accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding a coconut vendor on Graeme Hall Road, near Top Rock, Christ Church must...
View ArticleHolder gets 12 months in prison
He robbed a Ukrainian visitor of her belongings and will now have to spend 12 months in prison for his crime. The sentence was imposed on Theophilus Theo Holder yesterday when he appeared before...
View ArticleNigerian fraud pays hefty fine
A Nigerian man was fined $9, 500 today after pleading guilty to two fraud charges in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court. David Alli-Oke, of 60 Plaistow Lane, BR1 3JE, London, England, admitted before...
View ArticleBoyce remanded to Dodds
Rayon Andrew Boyce, who was the subject of a wanted man bulletin issued back in September was remanded to HMP Dodds yesterday after appearing before Magistrate Laurie Ann Smith-Bovell at the District...
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Legal strain
The operations of Community Legal Services, which is already facing “significant budgetary pressure”, will face further strain under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) support programme for...
View ArticleKnown thief jailed
A 57-year-old car washer was sentenced to nine months in prison for burglary. Magistrate Douglas Frederick imposed the punishment on Trevor Anthony Agard of no fixed place of abode today after he...
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Suspended police constable charged with 14 offences
Police Constable Dirwayne Cumberbatch will appear in the Holetown Magistrates' Court this morning on 14 charges. He has been charged with thirteen counts of burglary and one count of being equipped....
View ArticleLiquor thief to be evaluated
It was off to the Psychiatric Hospital for a drug addict today after he asked for assistance in dealing with his problem. Gaylan Marshall, 41, of #6 Trents Tenantry, St James, was remanded to the Black...
View ArticleCommon crook
A request for police constable Dirwayne Omar Cumberbatch to be remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital to undergo an evaluation was denied by Magistrate Wanda Blair today. Moments after the 30-year-old...
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