End old ‘death row ritual’, judge tells jailers
An “elaborate” process involved in the handling of a newly-convicted murderer is no longer necessary now that mandatory death sentence has been abolished unless that prisoner has been condemned to...
View ArticleLawyers differ on compensation for injured man
The Crown and the defence have agreed on the principle but not the sum a St Lucy man should pay in compensation to his victim, after being found guilty of maliciously inflicting serious bodily harm....
View ArticleSt Michael man gets time serve for assaulting minor
An apologetic Timothy Paul Sobers says he did not know it was an offence to touch a minor in the manner in which he did last month. “All I want to say is that I sorry due to the fact that I didn’t know...
View ArticleBail for accused thief
A salesman who allegedly stole $47,035.35 in goods from Massy Distribution (Barbados) Limited has been warned to stay away from all locations of the supermarket chain. The order was imposed on Lynford...
View ArticleJamaican sex worker pleads guilty to manslaughter
Jamaican woman Tedesha AnnJuliet Hayles has admitted to killing follow countryman Shockaya Boyd telling the High Court she was not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. The two sex workers were...
View ArticleSound advice for accused
Bridgetown Magistrate Douglas Frederick has urged a 20-year-old accused to take stock of his life. The magistrate spoke candidly to Daniel Anthony Smith, of Durants, Christ Church this afternoon when...
View ArticleChandler has 137 more days behind bars
Musician Jeffrey William Chandler was sentenced to seven years in prison for having an illegal firearm and ammunition in his possession almost three years ago. Justice Randall Worrell told the Block...
View ArticleGunman to be sentenced on Thursday
Convict Omar Dabian Samuel Moore today offered his regrets for having an illegal gun and ammunition in his possession on April 19, 2016. “I would like to apologise for my actions. I would like to ask...
View ArticleMighty jailed
Magistrate Douglas Frederick has given the Immigration Department the task of liaising with their counterparts in Jamaica to find out more about a fraudster from that CARICOM country before he is...
View ArticleYoung girl recounts life robbed of hope in rape
Kinchar Lavone Mascoll’s rape of a young girl back in December 2015 has transformed her life into one of “hopelessness” and “despair”, the No. 2 Supreme Court has heard. The impact of that rape on the...
View ArticleEight years for gun. One year left to serve.
Gunman Omar Dabian Samuel Moore has been sentenced to eight years in prison – but he only has 373 days left to serve at HMP Dodds after the necessary credits and deductions were taken into account....
View ArticlePine man accused of wounding
A system operator will next appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on April 23 next year on charges of wounding a man and damaging a car. Geoffrey Lawson Marlon Lovell, of 106 Parkinson Field,...
View ArticlePetty’s crime
Forgetting that he had cannabis in his pants a 21-year-old man decided to conceal it in his belt buckle before entering the dock of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. That decision did not turn out...
View ArticleBrit causes disturbance in St Lawrence Gap
Visitor Occonnor Anthony Hendricks will spend his last few days in Barbados at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds after he was unable to pay compensation on a criminal damage charge. The 44-year-old, of...
View ArticleGuilty of possession . . . But Jordan gets bail on other charges
An Orange Hill, St James man was released on $3,000 bail today after pleading not guilty to several drug-related and money laundering charges. This morning, Rommel Orlando Jordan, 40, of Endeavor #3...
View ArticleHazell pleads not guilty to wounding
Ron Darien Anthony Hazell, 24, of Venture St John, pleaded not guilty to wounding charges when he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick at the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this morning....
View ArticleTeenager sent for drug treatment
A teenager was ordered to drug rehabilitation today after he pleaded guilty to drug possession charges. Jaden Jamar Harris, 17, of 3rd Avenue Bibby’s Lane, St Michael pleaded guilty to possession of...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to assaulting cop
A man charged with assaulting a police officer was released on bail when he appeared at the No.1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this morning. Peter Lee, 56, of Wellington Street St Michael pleaded not...
View ArticleWoman beater pleads guilty . . . Requests tally of medical bills before...
A City resident may need to cut back on his spending this Christmas in order to pay compensation to his ex-girlfriend, after pleading guilty to beating her last Friday. Nelroy Peter Calderon of Nursery...
View ArticleAngry hotel staffer in hot water
A hotel worker, who attacked his supervisor with a bottle and a frying pan, was told to get his anger under control before it lands him in even deeper trouble. This was the admonition of Magistrate...
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