Murder case to go to jury shortly
Justice Carlisle Greaves will tomorrow give the summation in the murder trial of Matthew Anderson Farley and Jefferson Tramaine Diego Broomes before handing over to the jury for deliberation and...
View ArticlePollard goes on trial for murder
Twelve jurors empaneled to hear a murder case against a St Michael man have been urged to focus only on the evidence given in the High Court. Principal Crown Counsel Alliston Seale made the appeal in...
View ArticleFormer PM sued for defamation by current PM’s father
The High Court today ruled that former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Owen Arthur used words capable of defaming the father of Prime Minister Mia Mottley in the lead-up to the May 24, 2018...
View ArticleBurglar says he fled from police in order to secure his property
All a well known burglar wanted to do when he escaped police custody was to “safeguard” his home and property, have a drink and spend some time with his girlfriend before he “go up”. Don Ricardo Sealy,...
View ArticleNoel sentenced to 16 years for aggravated burglary
A St Joseph man whose criminal actions have “increased” since his first conviction has been jailed for 16 years for his involvement in an aggravated burglary in St George in 2011. “The court feels...
View ArticleMurder accused to get new trial
The murder case against Matthew Anderson Farley and Jefferson Tramaine Diego Broomes has ended in a mistrial. The 12-member jury, which heard evidence in the matter in which Broomes, of Hannays, St...
View ArticleGroom-to be remanded after pleading guilty to charges
A young Barbadian who does contract work in Canada and goes between that northern country and home, may have to put his planned wedding on hold. Despite his pleas for a second chance and an opportunity...
View ArticleDrug accused on bail
A 40-year-old unemployed man this afternoon denied four drug-related charges brought against him by the police for the alleged offences which occurred yesterday. When Sherman Danny Green of 3rd Avenue,...
View ArticleChoo does service for $12 in pot
One hundred and twenty hours of community service was the sentence today handed down by the District “A” Criminal Court No 2 magistrate on a first-time drug offender. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant...
View ArticlePost mortem says woman was manually strangled
Murder victim Onicka Gulliver was manually strangled, Consultant Pathologist Dr Corinthia Dupuis has disclosed. The doctor, who is attached to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), gave that evidence in...
View ArticleProbe criminal ‘cases deeper’ – Justices
More “searching” investigations and prosecutions must be done in the region when it comes to criminal cases, and especially capital cases, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has said. The CCJ made...
View ArticleCCJ upholds murder conviction
The March 2016 decision that Carlton Junior Hall was guilty of murdering Adrian Wilkinson has been upheld by the region’s highest court. He must however return to the local High Court for...
View ArticleSeale new deputy DPP
The new Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale has given an assurance that he will “prosecute vigorously” and to the full extent of the law all matters that come across his desk. In an...
View ArticleBullets found in sock
When police executed a search warrant at the home of a St Joseph man in 2015 they discovered five rounds of ammunition under his mattress. Today, Kevin Jamar Parris, of Bissex Housing Area, pleaded...
View ArticleAssault case adjourned until May
Teenager Keon Kenrico Waithe was granted bail today in connection with an offence against a female teen. The 17-year-old Waithe, of Bosvigo Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael is accused of unlawfully and...
View ArticleDeportation for woman caught stealing
Jamaican Marjorie AnnMarie Campbell is to be placed on the next available fight home. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today ordered that the 46-year-old babysitter who resided at Charles Rowe Bridge,...
View ArticlePerfume thief sent for evaluation
The details of how a 57-year-old man made off with a $209.99 cologne belonging to a popular Broad Street store will be given in court in three weeks before his sentencing. But that is all based on what...
View ArticleSecond murder charge for Greaves
Nineteen days after appearing in court on a murder charge Jamar Jamal Greaves was back today before the same magistrate in connection with a similar offence. The 33-year-old, of Grape Hall, St Lucy...
View ArticlePope adds to his convictions
A Dodds inmate returned to the High Court today and pleaded guilty to gun and ammunition charges. Leandro Renaldo Dominic Pope of Lower Holder’s Hill, St James, is also expected to return before Madam...
View ArticleConvict admits to more gun related charges
The .38 revolver found in Leandro Renaldo Dominic Pope’s bedroom at Lower Holder’s Hill, St James was the same one used in a shooting incident in that parish three years ago. He pleaded guilty in the...
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