Prison for drunken crook
A 43-year-old man with no fixed place of abode will have a roof over his head at least for the next eight months. That’s how long Timothy Anderson Trotman will spend in Dodds prison for stealing a...
View ArticleForde pleads guilty to assault
Consistent arguments over who gets to pick up their child from school landed a 34-year-old man before the law courts. Rene Valentine Forde, of Lot 512 West Terrace Gardens, St James, pleaded guilty to...
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Report ordered on granny
Bridgetown Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant wants to know more about the 65-year-old grandmother who pleaded guilty today to assaulting her 12-year-old girl granddaughter and exposing her to possible...
View ArticleDrug accused to return to court in August
A St James man was granted $75,000 bail today in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Eric Astor Omar Gibson, of No. 308 11th Avenue, West Terrace Gardens had been on remanded since last month after he...
View ArticleBoxed drugs cost woman $8,000
A mother of four who was carrying a “big brown box” containing snacks and marijuana says she was “duped” into committing the criminal act. Kimberly Kerry-ann Alicia Catlyn, of Dunscombe Hill, St Thomas...
View ArticleAccused loiterer remanded
A St Thomas man accused of loitering is on remand at Dodds waiting his day in the Holetown Magistrates’ Court after he was unable to get a surety to post bail on his behalf today. Natto McIntosh...
View ArticleIt’s suicide!
Coroner Manila Renee on Thursday ruled the cause of death of Corey Antonio Best to be suicide by hanging. In an hour-long ruling at the Cane Gardens, St Thomas court, the coroner detailed the sequence...
View ArticleMoney or time for steelbender
A steel bender has two months to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court a $1,500 fine. And if Ricardo O’Neale Greenidge of 7th Avenue, Harts Gap, Christ Church fails to adhere to the order imposed by...
View ArticleIntruder jailed
Last weekend 24-year-old Jim Ron Fenty crept into the house of an unsuspecting family and robbed them of several possessions. Today, the Block 20B Downhill Drive, Eden Lodge, St Michael resident began...
View ArticleFixed home for Beckles
A 47-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a 2017 offence in February has been sentenced to two years in prison. He is George St Clair Ricardo Lance Beckles, of no fixed place of abode. The accused who is...
View ArticlePredator jailed
Professional jockey Jonathan Michael Grant has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a teenager over the head with a hammer and raping her in St George three years ago. The then 29-year-old...
View ArticleBourne nets nine-year sentence
A fisherman who evaded police for almost two years after causing serious injury to another man who had “disrespected” him has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Fabian Nathaniel Bourne, of Brown’s...
View ArticleBail for rape accused
A ZR driver was granted $10,000 bail in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this week. Fabian Rohan Springer, of 1st Avenue Accommodation Road, Bush Hall, St Michael had been on remand since December...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gall Hill teen charged with murder
The 17-year-old who has been charged with the murder of 34-year-old Edward Chase of Power Crescent ,Gall Hill, Christ Church on March 20 has been remanded until April 18. Christian Jefferson Ifill, a...
View ArticleStill no bail for Snagg
An application for bail by a St Michael man was denied today earning him a further 28 days on remand. Jason Anthony Snagg, of Villa Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael has been on remand since August 13,...
View ArticleBrother who stole sibling’s clothes bonded
Fed up with his brother’s thieving ways a St Michael man today asked a Bridgetown magistrate to impose conditions that would stop the situation from escalating. The aggrieved brother Ryan Wood made the...
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Mock police rescued
Two men who impersonated police officers after a session of karaoke and drinking had to rely on real officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) to save them from residents in the Deacons, St...
View ArticleRape accused remains on remand
Claims by his attorney that his life was at risk at HMP Dodds was not enough to convince a Bridgetown Magistrate to grant bail to a 33-year-old rape accused. When Jason Renaldo Ashton, of Medford Land,...
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‘Complex’ matter adjourned
Bridgetown Magistrate Douglas Frederick has made it clear to six accused who are currently on remand on a series of “complex” matters that the cases against them will not be dismissed anytime soon. The...
View ArticleBurglar placed on bond
A St Michael man has been placed on a bond for the next six months after he was found guilty of burglary in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today. However, Matthew Renaldo Boyce of 130 Denton Road,...
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