Skeete’s call
The fact that he had no money to purchase school items for his children led Owen Gilbert Skeete to steal two bottles of alcohol. However, the reputed thief who was only released from prison three...
View ArticleLawrence cops a break
He stole a woman’s cellular phone but apologized quickly after for his actions. That apology saved Shem Akim Anthony Lawrence from a possible jail term after the complainant told the court she was no...
View ArticleNo money gets Thorne jail time
Despite being given a reprieve by Magistrate Graveney Bannister, a motorist who appeared on six traffic charges still ended up behind bars. Glyne Thorne, 57, of Lewis Gap, Green Hill, St Michael, will...
View ArticleGibson gets bail
After waiting for over an hour to have her passport brought to the court, a wanted woman was released on bail from the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Louann Merlaine Gibson, 47, of Deal Gardens,...
View ArticleWrong ‘elixir’
After losing one of his two jobs, a stressed out Mikilie Rashad Edghill needed something to help him relax. The cannabis joint he hoped would relieve that stress landed him before the District ‘A’...
View ArticleSix-year-old saves the day
She did not want her six-year-old daughter to be fatherless, so a Guyanese woman took a decision to drop an assault charge against her husband. Heimchand Dhanpat, 40, of #64 Lukes Avenue, Bayville, St...
View ArticleEvaluation ordered
Gregory MacDonald Hope pleaded guilty today to stealing items worth $24.18 from a supermarket. However, he showed no remorse and his mother told the court he had no problems. But Acting Magistrate...
View ArticleWood pleads guilty to assault
He admitted assaulting his ex girlfriend occasioning her actual bodily harm on January 8, 2019, but he will have to wait until tomorrow to know his fate. Ryan O’neal Wood, a 34-year-old painter of...
View ArticleBailor gets $750 bail
Only last Friday Susan Payne of Block 12A, Beachpath, Deacons Farm, St Michael stood surety for an accused in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court before Acting Magistrate Anika Jackson. Today, she...
View ArticleSt Lucy ban on accused
Andre Lord Evil Jackman is a free man once again, two months after he was remanded on four serious charges, one of them gun-related. However, Barbados TODAY understands that as one of the conditions...
View ArticleI was wrong’
Between sobs, a 56-year-old woman told a magistrates’ court today, that she was sorry for embarrassing herself and family after stealing $27 worth of items from a beauty store on January 14. Janice St....
View ArticleAccused on bail with conditions
A 28-year-old saleswoman of 71 Edgehill, St Thomas, has to report to the District 'A” Police Station, St Michael, every Tuesday before 9 a.m. That was the order given today by acting Magistrate Anika...
View Article‘Missing’ convict imprisoned
Twenty-nine-year-old Jamar Crichlow of Lears, St Michael, had pleaded guilty to having apparatus fit for the misuse of a controlled drug - cocaine - on November, 17, last year. He was sent to the...
View ArticleAddict pleads guilty
Last November she came out of prison and today she returns on a 12-month sentence after pleading guilty to stealing last Tuesday. Keisha Melissa Clarke admitted to acting Magistrate Anika Jackson that...
View ArticleMan jailed for stealing toenail clip
At 62, he’s finding it hard. His children live overseas and he cannot find a job. That’s what Farley Nigel Smith of Hothersal Turning, St. Michael, told Acting Magistrate Anika Jackson today when he...
View ArticleDeacon’s resident fined, then jailed
A 33-year-old St. Michael man who today pleaded guilty to five charges involving a motor car was fined $1 500 forthwith or he must spend 75 days in jail. As the fine was not paid, Jabari Michael...
View ArticleJones facing extradition
A Barbadian man wanted by the Canadian authorities will know on Friday if he will be extradited. Errol Vivian Jones, 64, of Bridgefield, St Thomas, will have his time in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’...
View ArticleFit for bail
A young attorney-at-law tried his best today to save a father from being remanded, even noting that someone could be on remand for several years before the matter is heard, but to no avail. Harry...
View ArticlePsychiatric assessment for confessed thief
Admitting that he has a problem and gets injections weekly, a 53-year-old St Michael man was today sent to the Psychiatric Hospital for a 21-day evaluation. He is Andrew DeLisle Carmichael of 10...
View ArticleRosemond to go before drug court
A 41-year-old labourer who admitted today that he smokes marijuana, told a magistrate that he was willing to get help. He will get that help when he appears in the Drug Treatment Court before...
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