Treatment for finger from jail
A lack of a surety resulted in a 40-year-old man being remanded to Dodds despite cries that his finger was decaying and on the verge of being amputated. Galveston Athelston Burke, of no fixed place of...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to drug charges
He turned to the illegal drug trade in order to help with the household bills. Now, 26-year-old Kadeem Arvin Kyle Roach, of Brittons New Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael will have to wait two months to...
View ArticleCase adjourned until November
A 55-year-old St Michael man will next appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on November 18. That’s when a drug case against Cleveland Ernest Clarke, of Dover Crescent, Cave Hill, will continue...
View ArticleWhere’s my file?
The man who allegedly damaged 19 windows at the historic St Mary’s Church has been complaining about the length of time that he has been on remand with no documents to fight his case. Renison Isaiah...
View ArticleGrazettes man gets big drug fine
A father of four has until the end of October to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court a $10,000 fine. The amount was imposed on Dale Orlando Nicholls, of No. 21 Roncliffville, Grazettes, St Michael...
View ArticleOutstanding fine lands St Michael man in jail
He appeared in a Bridgetown Court on a criminal damage charge but was sent to HMP Dodds for an unpaid fine. When Derek Decoursey Jones, of Block 4A Fernihurst Deacons, St Michael went before Magistrate...
View ArticleDebt settled
A St Michael man today made amends ten years after swindling a former client out of thousands of dollars. Trevor Philip Applewhaite, of No. 19 East Terrace, Wildey, paid back $7,000 cash to Sadie-Leon...
View ArticleStudents taken ‘to court’
Some students of the Darryl Jordan Secondary School were told, “It is always best to stay on the right side of the law”. Magistrate Douglas Frederick sounded this advice to the senior students as they...
View ArticleNew job interrupts rehab
A young man who cut short his drug rehabilitation programme because of new employment has been told that he must make sacrifices. Magistrate Douglas Frederick gave the advice to Shaquille Alexander...
View ArticleDrugs handle
A Suriname goldsmith who tried to smuggle cocaine into Barbados by hiding it in the handle of his suitcase has been jailed. However, if Bryan Desire Pollack, of Flora Willycairo No 29, Paramaribo,...
View ArticleAccused ordered to Psychiatric Hospital
Suffering from a case of delirium tremens, described as a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol, a 39-year-old man could hardly sit, stand or walk when he appeared before...
View ArticleWeed is not legal, Magistrate warns
“Leave out the weed, it is not legal,” was the advice given to a 39-year-old first time offender today. Andrew Tremaine Davidson, of 1st Avenue Waterhall Land, St Michael was arrested for possession of...
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‘Cowards’ scolded
Terrorising homeless people is nothing more than cowardly and heartless acts which will not be tolerated in Barbados, Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch told two St Michael teenagers who admitted to...
View ArticleLessons assault
A minor today claimed that his music lessons teacher pushed his hands in his pants and squeezed his testicles when he was unable to give an answer to a question. That was the testimony of the now...
View ArticlePrison bed for stealing sheet
A 36-year-old handyman has been sentenced to three months in prison. Raymond Clifford Deshong, of Bannister Land, Martindales, Road, St Michael had pleaded guilty to stealing an $80 bed sheet on...
View ArticleTeenager on remand
Yet another St Michael teen has been sent to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds after coming before the court on gun and ammunition charges. This afternoon, 17-year-old Kemar Aykeem Bruce, of Beckwith Street...
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Parents remanded
Given the worrying gun violence plaguing the country, Bridgetown Magistrate Douglas Frederick today made the “heart-wrenching” decision to remand the parents of two minors to Dodds. However, he held...
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Accused to spend Crop Over on remand
Three men who have been on remand since early last month in connection with a number of burglaries today asked to make bail applications. They are Nicky O’Neal Boyce, 31, of 4th Avenue Skeete’s Road,...
View ArticleCrack user sent for evaluation
He entered a not guilty plea to an assault charge but had a change of heart moments later after the prosecutor informed Magistrate Douglas Frederick that his mother wanted him to get professional help....
View ArticlePlumber remanded
A plumber is now on remand at HMP Dodds awaiting his fate after pleading guilty in a Bridgetown Court to importation of 17.9 kilogrammes cannabis. Korie Orlando Gale-Forde, 35, of Gall Hill, Christ...
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