No surety, accused remanded
An olive branch was extended to Kevin Leondre Clarke in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today, but after he failed to locate a surety he was remanded to HMP Dodds. Clarke will spend the next four...
View ArticleAccused who says he can stop drugs anytime, accepts help
For almost the duration of his time in the dock, Ricardo Antonio Agard maintained a ‘coke pipe’ which police found in his pocket was not his. While he pleaded guilty to unlawfully having the illegal...
View ArticleSinger apologises to Chefette
Timothy Rugrat St Pierre is now free to continue his singing career. The young artiste who spent a week in prison on remand for jumping on the counter of fast food outlet Chefette and singing a song,...
View ArticleSpeak not, Wickham told
For repeatedly defying a magistrate’s orders not to speak until he was spoken to, a car washer will spend the next seven days behind bars. HMP Dodds will be home for David Welter Wickham, 60, of...
View ArticleGrenadian jailed for robbery
He described Grenada as “the best country in the world”, but Donshaine Shyan Akim Douglas will have to settle for the comfort of HMP Dodds for the next nine months. When his trial came to an end today...
View ArticleSergeant Waithe failed to tell court full details of assault
A Bridgetown magistrate under fire over his sentencing practices has cleared the air surrounding his decision to bond a man who allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend with a cutlass. Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleVendor robbed of $800 in Bridgetown
A District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court heard today that a 33-year-old man took hundreds of dollars from a City newspaper vendor and ran off with the money after the vendor refused his advances to engage in...
View Article‘Rock’ thrower remanded
A young St Lucian gay rights activist who is in Barbados looking into the state of the LGBTQ community here, today got more than he bargained for. Nineteen-year-old Ashnelle Shakim Johnny, who arrived...
View ArticleSorry for having drugs
Though he’s listed by the court as unemployed, a resident of Lot 37, Jessamine Avenue, St Michael, told the court today that he now has a job that he would like to keep. When 31-year-old Jerome Mario...
View ArticleMagistrate courts controversy . . . again
Magistrate Douglas Frederick found himself presiding over a brand new controversy in his District A court today, and again, it was the Police prosecution that got him there. The drama unfolded when...
View ArticleEmails point to payments
As a result of an investigation into the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), emails and WhatsApp messages between Donville Inniss and Alex Tasker were seized. This was revealed by FBI...
View ArticleFormer ICBL Officer: I wrote the invoices
Former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) Kamante Millar today admitted to writing two fraudulent invoices for monies to be paid to former government...
View ArticleAssault case adjourned until Feb 24
Two neighbours charged with assaulting each other have been ordered to keep their distance. Additionally, both Lisa Sasha Joseph and Corey Rawdon Massiah will have to report to police stations once a...
View ArticleCorrupt Barbados officials will ‘face the court’
Barbadians want blood and they will get it soon. This promise has come from Attorney General Dale Marshall, who disclosed that the Mia Mottley administration had engaged the services of the...
View ArticleSenior ICBL officer testified in Inniss’ trial
The Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) had lost some of its Government contracts in the face of stiff competition from its competitors in 2015. That was the evidence of now chief...
View Article‘Satan made me do it’
While “the devil” caused him to snatch a lady’s bag from a Baxter’s Road establishment, Anthony McDonald Emmanuel Griffith claimed his conscience would not allow him to take its contents. The...
View ArticleMurder accused remanded
The man charged with the year-old shooting death of 83-year-old Oscar Nard Hamblin today admitted that he had been “hiding” from law enforcement officers. “ I was hiding sir because I know the Major...
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View ArticleNo bail objections
A 23-year-old unemployed man who allegedly committed a criminal act on December 23, 2019 while he was armed with rocks was granted bail today. When Ramario Adin Gould, of Westbury Road, St Michael...
View ArticleD-Day for Donville
On Thursday, a former Barbados Government minister will know his fate on money laundering charges brought against him by the United States Government. Both the prosecution and defense closed their...
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