Man charged for touching eight-year-old’s bum
Magistrate Douglas Frederick yesterday sought to explain to an accused why he could not offer him bail on an indecent assault charge at this time. “This is a serious charge. This is so serious that...
View ArticleMother turns to drugs after son’s death
Mourning mother Yvonne Maureen Callender was inconsolable when she appeared in court on a cannabis charge. The 58-year-old resident of Block 1C Farm Road, Deacons Farm, St Michael wasted no time in...
View ArticleLeave out the herb, magistrate pleads
Acting Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes has made an impassioned plea for the “ignorance” to stop when it comes to marijuana and alcohol use. “I want my black people to stop this ignorance. Smoking herb is a...
View ArticleChrist Church man remanded on gun and ammo charges
An alleged gunman from Christ Church has been remanded to HMP Dodds. Romeldo Ricardo Mayers, 20, of Block 3D Pleasant Hall, St Matthias appeared before Magistrate Graveney Bannister earlier today...
View ArticleBailey remanded to Dodds
Darien Frederick Lester Bailey, 34 years, of Lot 206 Sweet Pea Drive, South Ridge, Christ Church and South View, Christ Church was today remanded to HMP Dodds. He was charged with possession of a...
View ArticleCocaine in underwear
A Jamaican living here for the last ten years has found himself in trouble with the law for possession of cocaine and cannabis. When police responded to a report and visited the No. 4 Reece Road,...
View ArticleAlleged stolen car at the centre of cases
A mother and daughter are out on bail on separate charges involving an alleged stolen vehicle. They are 39-year-old Randia Oshanda Chyona Johnson and her 18-year-old daughter, Destiny Malika Tori...
View ArticleTwo face robbery charges
Two men are now on remand at Dodds on a number of criminal charges. They are 25-year-old Shaquille Omar Ramario Carter, of Lot 26 Abbystone Drive, Husbands, St James and 20-year-old Kriskoff Reddonnie...
View ArticleWorrell caught with ‘coke’
A 45-year-old man with 23 crystalline cocaine rocks in a bottle will spend the next 28 days housed at the Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Everett Nigel Worrell, of no fixed place of abode, will be on...
View ArticleTime served!
The final two of six Guyanese drug traffickers are homeward-bound after the Barbados Court of Appeal, using its “discretion” released them based on the time already served for trafficking cannabis and...
View ArticleAddict: Anything for a hit
Not only did he sell his shoes in order to purchase his drug of choice, but a 30-year-old today told a Bridgetown magistrate that he would sell about anything to get that next hit. Everton Rommell...
View ArticleLawyers object
Man brought before Magistrates’ Court for alleged breach of High Court Bail condition An allegation that Dash Valley, St George resident Andrew St Mark breached a bail condition imposed by the High...
View ArticleThreats land a ‘hothead’ in court
Jason Renaldo Ashton has been placed on a six-month bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. Acting Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes imposed the order after the 31-year-old of Brittons Hill, St...
View ArticleBail for Bank Hall man
A 46-year-old labourer was granted bail to today when he appeared in court on four drug charges. Ryan O’Neale Maynard, of 2nd Avenue Sealy Land, Bank Hall, St Michael pleaded not guilty to possession,...
View ArticleRemanded
The allegation that a 22-year-old had possession of a firearm and 13 rounds of ammunition without valid licences, resulted in an automatic 28-day stay on remand at Dodds for him. Jakobi Talik Germain,...
View ArticleGreaves admits using threats
Public Service Vehicle driver Nikolai Theodore Greaves was remanded to Dodds moments after declaring that he had never gone to jail for a woman. The 31-year-old of Thompson Gap, Spooner Hill, St...
View ArticleCase adjourned until Jan
A 30-year-old St Philip woman, accused of stealing, was allowed to go home today following a 28-day stay on remand at Dodds. Erica Sabrina Chandler, of Apt 4 No 58 Green Crescent was granted $4,000...
View Article‘Caught in a lie’
Two years after being charged for rape an elderly man’s accuser withdrew the allegation after a DNA test proved that he was not the father of the child who was said to be a product of the alleged...
View ArticleUnderwear set on fire
Thirteen boxers felt a woman’s fiery wrath last Saturday when she found another woman sitting in her boyfriend’s home and he refused to give an explanation. Melissa Cooke, of 1st Avenue Rockley, Christ...
View ArticleChange the community service limit, magistrate
Magistrate Graveney Bannister today gave a first-time traffic offender the maximum amount of community service and believes that the law should be amended to allow for an increase of those hours. He...
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