Wood’s indiscretion
A St Joseph father today said he was sorry for his action on the day he choked his ex-girlfriend and mother of his 11-year-old son. Ryan O’neal Wood told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court presided...
View ArticleThieving Stanford cops 12 months
A 52-year-old St Peter man will spend the next 12 months in jail, after pleading guilty to stealing perfume and sunglasses from Cave Shepherd. When Dale Archibald Stanford of Four Hill recently...
View ArticleMore improvements coming for law courts
An increase in the number of judges and additional resources for the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are just some of the initiatives on the cards to assist with the growing incidents of crime...
View ArticleBailey takes his case to Appeal
A man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter six years ago, today told the Court of Appeal he believed his sentence was excessive. In fact, Edward Fitzpatrick...
View ArticleHot-headed husband
There is a law against posting some things on social media and a young husband found that out today, when he admitted accidentally posting nude pictures of his spouse. Jamar Thomas, 33, of...
View ArticleStoute fined $750 for $22 in weed
Although there’s talk about medical marijuana in Barbados, this drug is still illegal in this country. This reminder came today from acting Magistrate in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Anika...
View ArticleDamaged car costs woman $2,500
A Christ Church woman readily admitted damaging a car and threw herself at the mercy of the court. Sharon Yvette Harris, 47, of Bartlett’s Tenantry, Sargeant’s Village, today pleaded guilty to damaging...
View ArticleSmall drug find lands big fine
“Ma’am I feel responsible. It will never happen again. I am very sorry it happened.” These were the words of 28-year-old Andre Xavier Leacock, of Combermere Street, St. Michael, who pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleGuilty plea
At 27, Jeff Confield Washington has been deemed medically unfit and is therefore unable to work. As a result, he has an unpaid fine of $555 which carries with it an alternative of 55 days in jail which...
View ArticleComplainant no longer interested
It’s time to revert to the situation where a complainant should be asked to pay costs after coming to court and saying he or she was no longer going through with the matter. Acting Magistrate Anika...
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Update – Murder accused remanded
Murder accused Anderson Jerome Calderon was remanded to Dodds when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court earlier today charged with the shooting death of the Ronald Rudder, of 1st Avenue,...
View Article‘I apologize’
With his plaited hair initially rolled up and then in flowing dreadlocks, Steve Carlton Skeete admitted to being a Rastafarian and said he did not have a problem with drugs nor did he need help. “I...
View ArticleMurderer loses his appeal
Convicted murderer Carlton Junior Hall has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed. The Appeal Court comprised of Justices Kay Goodridge, Margaret Reifer and William Chandler, upheld the...
View ArticleFarmer Edwards fined $3,500 for growing weed
Vowing to “go out there and work”, a 56-year-old St Michael farmer admitted to having drugs and told a Bridgetown Magistrate today: “I will try to do better.” Julius Alexander Edwards of Chapel Gap,...
View ArticleExtradition hearing adjourned
For the third time in as many hearings a Barbadian man fighting an extradition attempt by Canada had his matter adjourned. When 64-year-old Errol Vivian Jones, of Bridgefield, St Thomas appeared before...
View ArticleBank Hall woman caught shoplifting
A St. Michael woman will do 100 hours of community service having pleaded guilty to stealing $62 worth of items on January 21, 2019. She is Kim Howard of Bank Hall Main Road, who will return to court...
View ArticleFined for drugs in pants pocket
Marijuana is legal in some countries, but not Barbados. This reminder was given by Acting Magistrate Anika Jackson, presiding in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. She made the remarks after...
View ArticleToenail clip thief out on bail after appeal
The man who admitted to stealing a seven-dollar toenail clip from Massy has now been granted bail. Farley Nigel Smith, 62 spent his last night at Her Majesty’s Prison, Dodds, St. Michael, yesterday,...
View Article‘Dabbling in drugs’
A Bridgetown magistrate yesterday warned a young man that he was going down the wrong path, and urged him to “never let greed or success encourage you”. Magistrate Graveney Bannister, presiding in the...
View Article‘Quit while you can’, magistrate tells Bowen
It was a one-off situation which won’t happen again! So said 27-year-old Shaniko Bowen, of Clarke’s Road My Lord”s Hill, St Michael before Magistrate Graveney Bannister in the Traffic Court as he...
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