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Ex-boyfriend accused of assault
A 27-year-old man was remanded to Dodds on two criminal charges. It is alleged that Akil Shomari Darlington, of Burke’s Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael unlawfully assaulted Rashawna Stuart, his...
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Thief asks for rehab
Desperate to feed his cocaine addiction Andrew Tyrone Trotman said he turned to a life of crime and racked up over two dozen convictions. Now the remorseful Haynes Hill, St John resident is before the...
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Phillips admits to fraud
St Joseph resident Jason McDonald Phillips who is currently awaiting his fate on a fraud charge returned to the High Court today and pleaded guilty to a similar offence. The 38-year-old of Suriname...
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Car thief back in court in November
Scouting the Cane Garden, St Thomas community on December 9, 2014 for a car to steal Ryan O’Neal Wickham came across a Toyota Corolla worth $12,000. After breaking the small triangular glass and...
View ArticleJustice delayed
With two magistrates absent, cases at the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court have come to a virtual standstill. And the situation has frustrated the accused, complainants, witnesses and attorneys-at-law,...
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Burglary pain remains
Nine years after an aggravated burglary at their home, an elderly St Andrew couple remains traumatised by the incident and it remains fresh in their minds, a report by the Probation Department has...
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Drug trafficker sentenced
A 24-year-old Jamaican is currently serving an 18-month sentence at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for bringing a kilo of marijuana into Barbados. He is Romaine Maurice Vassell Reid from Saint Toolies,...
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Knight remanded on burglary charges
Sergeant Kevin Forde says society needs protection from a 34-year-old man who allegedly burglarised two houses in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It was on that basis as well as the nature and...
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Attorney sentenced to three years in jail
Convicted attorney Vonda Minerva Pile was moments ago sentenced to three years in prison for theft of money. However, having been on remand at HMP Dodds for the last 94 days she only has two years, 271...
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Riley charged in connection with drugs in cans
An allegation that a 31-year-old woman imported 24 kilos of marijuana which were concealed in cans contained in a barrel has landed her before the law courts. Schekada Latoya Riley, of Lower Beckles...
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Bail granted in assault case
A 33-year-old was granted $500 bail today but was still wanted by police for questioning in relations to another matter following today’s appearance in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court. He is Matthew...
View ArticleAttorney jailed for stealing client’s money
Vonda Pile seriously breached the position of trust placed in her as an attorney-at-law when she stole thousands of dollars belonging to a former client and for that she will spend three years in jail....
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Reckless messaging
The distribution via social media of an intimate act between two senior people has been deemed as a “serious breach of trust” and simply “reckless”. Over the past few days, three videos of an older...
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Yearwood fined for coke
By September 20, Shaquille Shamar Yearwood of Combermere Street, St Michael must pay the court $1,750 if he wants to avoid spending time in jail. The fine was imposed on the 25-year-old man after he...
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Cave facing gun charges
Allegations of that a 24-year-old man had a .22 automatic firearm and three rounds of ammunition in his possession without a valid licence resulted in him being remanded today. Julian Omari Alexander...
View ArticleGavel to gavel
Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson has set a “two to three-year” goal to “wrestle” the approximate 1000 backlog of cases in the island’s judicial system to the ground. “We are going to have five judges...
View ArticleWrong way!
A wrong turn on a one-way street while riding an unlicensed motorcycle landed a 28-year-old in trouble in with the law. And Daniel Demetrius Allain, of Halls Village No.2, St James threw his self at...
View ArticleBancroft goes home
Convict John Nathaniel Bancroft was allowed to go home today having been sentenced to time served. The Odessa McClean Drive, My Lords Hill resident had been on remand after pleading guilty to having a...
View ArticleRemanded for 28 days
A 19-year-old is currently on remand at HMP Dodds. Mitchell Sylvan Sonny, of Reed Street, St Michael was sent to the St Philip institution for 28 days after he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’...
View ArticleAbsence questioned
Defence attorney Andrew Pilgrim, QC, has taken issue with what he says are police officers remaining on active duty despite having criminal charges pending against them. He raised the concern, as one...
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