Accused teens must stay apart
Three teenagers who were found loitering along Pine Garden Road back in May and were not able to give a satisfactory account of themselves are not allowed to hang out together, at least until the...
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Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim has won a monumental victory over the Barbados Court of Appeal that gives him the greenlight to take an outstanding matter directly to the Caribbean Court of Justice...
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Sprayed out!
Investigations into complainants that a 62-year-old man was consistently spraying gramoxone around his property which affected his neighbours, landed him before the law courts on two criminal charges....
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Fisherman gets bail
A St Michael man facing three charges in connection with a multi-million-dollar drug bust was granted $700, 000 bail with one surety to return to court on August 12. Christopher Dave Johnson’s pre...
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Prisoner admits to two more charges
A young man who is currently serving time at HMP Dodds was sentenced on two more offences today. When Shaquille Ricarla Calderon, of Thorne’s Gap, Land End, St Michael appeared before Magistrate...
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Magistrates’ Courts to close for training
Members of the public are advised that the following Magistrates’ Courts and offices will be closed at noon on Tuesday, July 23, to allow staff to undergo training. They are: District “B”/Oistins...
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Highway horror
Coming from the direction of the roundabout at the bottom of University Hill towards the Spring Garden Highway (now Mighty Grynner Highway) Sharon Taitt was driving accompanied by a female front seat...
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Pile back in court
The prosecution and defence will make suggestions on what sentence should be imposed on convicted attorney Vonda Pile when the case is called on Wednesday. Pile, who is currently on remand at HMP Dodds...
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Four months for trespasser
Breaking into the Organisation of America States (OAS) building triggered not only the alarm but a suspended sentence imposed on a 39-year-old man back March. Now Steve Gordon Miller, of no fixed place...
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‘Seats switched’
When a St Peter driver came across an accident along the Spring Garden Highway after hearing an “explosion” he saw a man “move across the centre console of the car . . . to the navigator’s side”....
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Two years for drugs in luggage
Vincentian drug trafficker Keshorn Devon Durham has been sentenced to two years in prison for arriving in Barbados with $66,800 worth of cannabis. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant imposed the sentence...
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No bail for homeless man
A man accused of masturbating at Pebbles Beach has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for the next 28 days. Wade Grant was detained on July 18 for willfully, openly, lewdly and obscenely...
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Marzville on $5,000 bail
Soca artiste Omar Marzville McQuilkin is out on $5,000 bail after appearing in one of this island’s magistrates’ courts on a wounding charge. The 33-year-old from Six Roads, St Phillip is accused of...
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Former health minister assisted at accident scene
Accused Mario Neptune allegedly told a former Minister of Health that a man commandeered his vehicle at gun point before it was involved in a fatal crash along the Spring Garden Highway nine years ago....
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Pile not budging
Vonda Pile remains “remorseless” and is standing by her “principles” despite being on remand for close to two months after a jury found her guilty of stealing thousands of dollars belonging to her...
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Judge to decide on case next month
High Court Judge Cecil McCarthy will hand down his decision on August 14 regarding the legal action brought by a retired public servant, requesting a reversal of Government’s debt restructuring...
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‘Breach of trust’
Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Blackman believes that the case involving convicted attorney Vonda Pile has the “potential to bring the criminal justice system into...
View Article‘Guilty as charged’
Three years ago police found 26 rounds of ammunition in a toilet bowl and a 9mm semi automatic pistol under a mattress when they executed a search warrant at a Christ Church residence. Today...
View ArticleDrugs make her ‘go’
When a 34-year-old woman has bowel movement problems she uses cannabis to ease the process. Ruth Rachel Barnard, of Godding Road, Station Hill, St Michael gave the explanation to Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleAccused wants help for his ‘bad drug habit’
Unable to control his cocaine and marijuana addiction “anymore” a 36-year-old carpenter requested help after admitting to theft. “I have a bad drug habit. I would love some help. I can’t control it...
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