Williams remanded
An allegation that he endangered the life of his mother when he recklessly discharged a firearm in a public place has landed a 25-year-old man on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Shawayne Deshawn...
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Produce thief Oneal Sylvester Farmer was at it again appearing before the Magistrates’ Court this time for theft of five pounds of hot peppers. The No. 122 Midway Lane, Pinelands, St Michael resident...
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Fracas ends up in court
Pandemonium broke out along Husbands New Development Road, St Michael yesterday morning when several men involved in an altercation began pelting rocks at each other and using knives and big sticks...
View ArticleWomen ordered to keep the peace
Three women who became involved in a fracas on The Mighty Grynner Highway at its junction with Brighton Road on Foreday Morning Jam have been ordered to be on their best behaviour for the next six...
View ArticleTrafficker ingests drugs for importation
Narcotics smuggler Osbourne Dixon spent two weeks at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) expelling 53 taped packages of marijuana. The 59-year-old from No. 14 Aretena Place, Queensbury, Kingston,...
View Article‘Desperate’ drug mule
Without a thought for the consequences a 20-year-old Canadian student who told her mother she was spending the weekend at a friend’s travelled to New York bound for Barbados with $212,000 worth of...
View ArticleJamaican woman convicted of drug smuggling
Issues with infertility prompted a 32-year-old Jamaican woman to take a trip to Barbados but it was an act of deception on a family member’s part that landed her in trouble with the law here. Annika...
View Article‘Half-baked’ cases dismissed
There was no mincing of words by Magistrate Douglas Frederick today as he took the prosecutor’s desk to task for failing to have the necessary disclosure to move several dated cases forward. “This is...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to assault
A man who admitted assaulting a woman in December 2017 wants to know why the matter took so long to reach the law courts. Dwayne Ricardo Elliott, of Flagstaff Road, St Michael today pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleHomeowner deceived and robbed
Posing as a good Samaritan, an 18-year-old and her accomplice forced their way into the home of a Christ Church man and made away with $400 cash on April 25, 2019. Today, Destiny Malika Tori Johnson,...
View Article$40, 000 fine
Think about the consequences before you get into this foolishness, Magistrate Frederick Douglas advised a 35-year-old man convicted of drug charges. Korie Orlando Gale-Forde, of Gall Hill, Christ...
View Article‘Tree surgeon’ admits to cocaine problem
A 49-year-old who cuts trees for a living, admitted to having a drug addiction and will spend the next three weeks at the Psychiatric Hospital being assessed for suitability for Verdun House’s...
View ArticleSt George man denies theft charges
An unemployed man from Mayfield, St George has been released on bail after being accused of stealing over $15, 000. Fifty-year-old Shawn Ricardo Thompson elected for a summary trial before Magistrate...
View ArticleMom placed on probation
A 35-year-old mother of four who back in June flung a hot iron at her six-year-old son will undergo psychological and parenting counseling and return to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on October...
View ArticleHigh Court to sentence drug trafficker
The 20-year-old Canadian drug mule who pleaded guilty earlier this week to trafficking in $212,000 worth of cannabis into Barbados has been sent to the High Court for sentencing. Magistrate Laurie-Ann...
View ArticleCase adjourned
For the second time this week Magistrate Douglas Frederick has called on the prosecutor’s desk to get files to court in a timely manner especially for aged cases. However, unlike earlier this week when...
View ArticleMan charged in connection with drug haul
Allegations that he had 53.2 kilos of locally-grown marijuana have landed a 36-year-old St George man before the law courts. The illegal drug, which has an estimated $212,800 street value, was...
View ArticleChurch theft accused remanded
The prosecution today successfully objected to bail for a 31-year-old man who allegedly preyed on a woman while she was in church, stealing her bag and contents. Jerome Obryan Rudder, of 4th Avenue...
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Prison officer granted bail
Prison Officer Cathy-Ann Elizabeth Blunte was granted $2,500 bail today when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Ian Weeks this morning. It is alleged that the 46-year-old, of Skeetes Road,...
View ArticleWrong side
An allegation that prison officer Cathy-Ann Elizabeth Blunte smuggled contraband into the island’s lone penitentiary landed her before the law courts today. And while there was no objection to bail...
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