Alleyne has 2020 court date
A maintenance man has not only been warned to stay away from the Police Boys and Girls Club on Bay Street St Michael but to reappear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on March 25, 2020. The...
View ArticleUnwanted advances
Richard Eric Fields took his infatuation for a woman too far earlier this week and for that he will spend six months in prison. The 2nd Avenue Lennox, Goodland, St Michael resident and the complainant...
View ArticleLawyer’s standing remains intact
For now Phillip Nicholls’ name continues to be listed on register of attorneys who can practice law in Barbados. While there were reports that the Barbados Bar Association’s Disciplinary Committee had...
View ArticleDrug case adjourned
A 30-year-old landscaper has denied marijuana and cocaine charges brought against him. Akil Jabari Mason, of Gospel Hall Gap, Dayrells Road, Christ Church is accused of possession of 12.48 grammes of...
View ArticleSilence in court
The Mia Mottley-administration is yet to respond to a challenge lodged by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the country’s buggery and indecency laws, leaving a local...
View ArticleSobers caught
Convicted man Timothy Paul Sobers who is on remand at Dodds awaiting his fate for assaulting a little girl, was before the law courts again today, this time on a theft charge. When the 2nd Avenue Sealy...
View ArticlePaying tribute
A “priceless” afternoon in the Court of Appeal today as glowing tributes were paid at a special sitting in recognition of five former attorneys-at-law, who will be missed at the Bar. The late Sir Fred...
View ArticleAG statement on Liquidation Centre building
Attorney General Dale Marshall issued the following statement today: Yesterday, Saturday November 16, 2019, two companies owned by the Ram Merchandani family, Furniture Limited and Tiny Tots Limited,...
View ArticleLord admits role in Baxter’s Road killing
Businessman Collin Forde was sitting on the steps of his sports bar at Baxter’s Road, St Michael having a beer and talking to another man when he was shot and killed during a robbery on May 10, 2016....
View ArticleScotia bank robbery case starts
Witnesses today began giving evidence in the aggravated burglary of the Black Rock branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia on January 27, 2015. Malcolm Marlon Archer, of Lowthers Hill, Christ Church is being...
View ArticleCrown pushing to get cases heard
The Crown’s chief prosecutor signalled increasing intolerance with delays and adjournments, as she declared her department’s is moving full steam ahead to get cases tried before the High Court....
View ArticleMcCollin told to clean up his act
Burglar Corey Omar Jerome McCollin has been given a final chance to turn his life around. “This is your last opportunity to sort yourself out Mr McCollin. Your [pre-sentencing] report does not speak...
View ArticleClock winds down on Thorpe’s sentence
Cannabis trafficker Sebastian Theophilus Thorpe has less than a year left to serve in prison. The Porters Road, Queen Street, St Peter man was previously found guilty in the No. 2 Supreme Court of the...
View ArticleConvict appeals verdict and sentence of wounding and robbery cases
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in a challenge brought by convict Jason Kevin Marshall. Back in April 2015 Marshall, of Olive Drive, Crane, St Philip was found guilty of intentionally...
View ArticleRobbery case to continue tomorrow
No evidence was taken today in the aggravated burglary case against Malcolm Marlon Archer, of Lowthers Hill, Christ Church. The accused, who is in his mid 20s, is charged that he entered the Black Rock...
View ArticleGuilty gunmen get no additional years in “humane” approach
Justice Randall Worrell today commended the prosecution for its stance in a firearm case described as “peculiar” and “unique”, against two St Michael men who are currently serving time. Crown Counsel...
View ArticleWigs and eyelashes earn thief jail time
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing $11, 500 worth of beauty supplies. However, that time will run concurrent to any other sentence he is presently serving at...
View ArticleTrio accused of murder
Three men are on remand at the Dodds Prison accused of committing the island’s 41st murder for this year. Jandolph St Clair, 27, of No. 6 Hilton Row, Princess Royal Avenue, St Michael; Keleb Ricardo...
View ArticleRemorseful arsonist to be sentenced next Tuesday
Prison, according to convicted arsonist Joel McKenzie McDonald Springer, has been both a punishment and a blessing. “This experience in prison has brought me closer to the Lord. I live my life on the...
View ArticleDrug smugglers get day in court
Two Trinidadian men who were caught smuggling 170.1 kilogrammes of marijuana into Barbados have admitted to committing the crime. Justin Richard Yearwood, of Lattorquette Heights, Glencoe, Diego Martin...
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