Frustrated
A St Michael man who has been on remand for the last three years today expressed frustration over the lack of progress in his case. Abraham Hutchinson Sandiford, of Mayers Land, Lower Richmond Gap, St...
View ArticleTeen to return to court January 9
The teen who was allegedly apprehended following a police chase at Fordes Road on New Year’s Day made an appearance in court today charged with a number of traffic offences. Shaqkim Sharad Ronald...
View ArticleForde charged with threatening another
Despite objections from the prosecutor, Attorney-at-law Shadia Simpson secured $3,000 bail for a client accused of issuing a serious threat to another person. It is alleged that on April 8, last year...
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Store owner bailed; co-accused remanded
Businessman DaCosta Alexander Brathwaite was granted $220,000 bail when he appeared in a Bridgetown court today on two drug-related offences. However his co-accused, Jamaican George Washington Williams...
View ArticleKnight nabbed
There's been a video circulating on social media for the last few weeks showing a man filling a bag with items at a beauty store in The City before walking out and looking up at the surveillance...
View ArticleWaterman kept until January 31
A 26-year-old general worker will remain on remand at HMP Dodds despite a bail application from his attorney-at-law in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Jerome Omar Waterman, of 2nd...
View ArticleDrug addict to be assessed
A 39-year-old man was transferred from Dodds to the Psychiatric Hospital today after asking for help with his drug addiction. Devon Mario Sampson, of no fixed place of abode, recently pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleKnife earns man $750 fine
A 49-year-old general worker has one month to pay a $750 fine to the Bridgetown Court if he wants to avoid spending three months in prison. The amount was imposed on Henderson O’Brian Lorde of Church...
View ArticleWard remanded for attack caught on video
The man who allegedly struck a motorist with a piece of wood, which was caught on video, was today remanded to prison. Canute Hiran Ward, 36, of Dayrells Road, Christ Church, was remanded by...
View ArticleBoyce remanded until February 4
Despite the magistrate’s willingness to grant him bail, Nicky O’neal Boyce still found himself being remanded to HMP Dodds after his surety did not turn up in time. The 31-year-old of 4th Avenue,...
View ArticleCommunity service for first-timer
A teenager will have just over two months to complete 180 hours of community service if he is to keep a clean record. Rachad Omar Holder, 18, of Foster Hall, St John, was given the opportunity by...
View ArticleWilliams bailed on assault charge
Akeem Nathaniel Williams will return to court next month, but on that occasion it will be at Oistins. The 27-year-old had his matter transferred to that jurisdiction when he appeared in the District...
View ArticleCanute cautioned
“Think before you act!” That was the stern warning handed down by Magistrate Wanda Blair to the man who was charged with hitting a motorist in the head with a piece of wood in a viral social media...
View ArticleDenis the menace?
A fraud accused’s application for bail rested on the fact that he had an exemplary court appearance record. However, that was not enough for Denis Rodney Beckles to secure his freedom after he appeared...
View ArticleEvaluation requested for mother
A mother of one was remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital today after the magistrate determined that she needed to be evaluated. Rachel Catherine Bynoe, 27, of Forde’s Road, Clapham, St Michael, was...
View ArticleThree New Orleans residents get bail
Three young persons accused of assaulting and using indecent language towards two police officers were granted bail today. Hairdressers Shanika Kamesha Maycock, 28, and 35-year-old Kire Ramona Murray...
View ArticleFree to go
Four women screamed for joy this afternoon after a magistrate dismissed their case for want of prosecution. Attorneys-at-law Danielle Mottley, Safia Moore and Talal Nouneh successfully argued for a...
View ArticleSerial thief wants to start ex-con group
So excited was Arleigh Patrick Todd about being released from prison, he told Magistrate Douglas Frederick he was interested in starting an ex-con association to assist persons when they left HMP...
View ArticleMagistrate cautions court officer
A prosecutor was today chided by a magistrate for suggesting that the “court should do its upmost best” to remand an accused. Police constable Kevin Forde asked Magistrate Douglas Frederick to use his...
View Article$300 fine for $50 ‘wrapping’
The officers who apprehended Ackeem Edmund Hepburn did not give him the ‘chance’ he asked for, so he turned to the court for leniency instead. Luckily for Hepburn, a Jamaican national, Magistrate...
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