One more chance for drug accused
After being caught with drugs for a third time, a St Michael man was today counting his lucky stars after he was ordered to complete community service. For 32-year-old Peter Leroy St Clair Toppin, of...
View ArticleThree bailed, one remanded on drugs charges
Three of four men who were on remand at HMP Dodds on related drug charges were released just in time for Christmas. Himfari Daniel Hurdle, 21, of Work Hall, St Philip; 58-year-old Kenneth Donald...
View ArticleReport on money launderer pending
Stephanie Marie Andrea Benn will get to spend Christmas with her two young children and ailing grandmother after all. When she returned to the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court today for sentencing after...
View Article‘Mesmerizing appeal’
The Barbados Court of Appeal yesterday threw out what it described as a mesmerizing appeal concerning a disputed plot of land at Briar Hall, Christ Church that was being fought over by two half-sisters...
View ArticleColumbian bailed
Having been remanded on her previous two court appearances, a Colombian woman finally secured bail on her third attempt. Maria Theresa Machina, 25, was granted bail in the sum of $5,000 with two...
View ArticleReputed thief jailed until January
He initially pleaded not guilty, but after failing to find a surety reputed thief Arleigh Patrick Todd wanted to change his plea. “You want to plead guilty, or you want to give me some time to think...
View ArticleSweets thief lands more time in Dodds
It didn’t take Douglas Williams long to find himself back before the courts and back in prison. Three months after being released from HMP Dodds, the known thief was today sentenced to three months at...
View ArticleJobless man steals Guinness
A recently-retrenched Government worker was so stressed out that he walked into a supermarket, took up four bottles of Guinness and walked out without paying. That proved to be a costly error for Neil...
View ArticleCharge against ex lover dismissed
A dispute between two former lovers which resulted in one party being charged was dismissed on Wednesday when the complainant had a change of heart. Rondell Trotman, 36, of Forde’s Road, St Michael,...
View ArticlePrison time for drug trafficker
A female drug mule who was caught twice in three months trying to bring illegal drugs into Barbados will spend the next three years incarcerated at HMP Dodds. The sentence was handed down to...
View Article$10,000 bail for Vincentian
After spending three months on remand, a Vincentian walked down the steps of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today with his adoptive mother after being granted bail. Curtis Bernard Bute will be...
View ArticleYarde on drug charges
Roderic Al Yarde was granted bail on a drug charge yesterday, but he still has to face even more serious drug matters in the District ‘F’ Magistrates’ Court. Yarde, 56, of Mellows Hill, St Joseph,...
View ArticleBanned from beach
For the next 12 months Shaquan Akeem Wilkinson will not be allowed to tread on the sand at Browne’s Beach. If he is caught anywhere along that stretch of beach he will serve a three-month sentence at...
View ArticlePlayer who damaged slot machine to pay $250
He was feeling lucky, so Tafari Tafarca Taylor decided to take his chances on a slot machine. But when he failed in an attempt to double his winnings to $500, that frustration led to him punching the...
View ArticleMagistrate remands teen for his own safety
Fearing for a teenager’s safety, Magistrate Douglas Frederick today denied a bail application by his lawyer and a plea from his grandmother to “let him go”. Mahindra Alexander Thomas, 18, of Redman...
View Article$900 fine
Having received probation on a drug charge as a teen, a 20-year-old Black Rock man will be saddled with a hefty fine for the holiday season after he pleaded guilty this morning to possession, supplying...
View ArticleMan stressed by granny’s illness damages window
An unemployed man who said that he broke his mother’s window and seriously injured himself in the process because he was upset over his grandmother’s illness, will have to wait until next year to find...
View ArticleHard lesson for Morris
A man with a long history of drug-related matters, found himself before the court this morning once again on similar charges. Dario Rico Morris of 2nd Ave Richmond Gap, St Michael, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticlePrescott pleads not guilty to damaging door
A 43-year-old carpenter was released on $2,000 bail this morning after he pleaded not guilty to damaging his sister-in-law’s car door. Claiming that he was recovering from a gun shot suffered on...
View ArticleAccused secures bail
Despite an attempt by the prosecution to have him kept in prison, Shakir Akil Waithe was granted an opportunity to spend Christmas with his family. The 23-year-old of #70 Groves Cottage, St. George,...
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