Stolen phone gets car washer six months
A 46-year-old car washer today claimed that his victim was “not righteous” because he went ahead with the charge despite saying he would not. Wayne McLloyd Grant, of fixed place of abode, pleaded...
View ArticleYarde in court again
Another conviction and an extra three months were added to Junior Anderson Grafton Yarde’s criminal record today. The 51-year-old, of no fixed place of abode, returned to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’...
View ArticleHomeowner remembers guns, masks in ‘movie like’ break-in
When homeowner Andrea Stoute suddenly awoke on August 14, 2015 she thought she was living “something from a movie”. Stoute said when she retired to bed that night with her granddaughter and left her...
View ArticleTrio remanded on gun, other serious charges
Three St Michael men are spending their first night of 28 on remand while awaiting trial in connection with a number of offences including some under the Firearms Act. Kymani Tyrell Anderson Lewis, 22,...
View ArticleRemand prisoner collapses, dies
Police are investigating the sudden death of a prisoner who was on remand at HMP Dodds. Up to the time of publication, no details could be forthcoming from police. But Barbados TODAY has been able to...
View ArticleHolder faces court over dangerous driving charge
With both her attorneys-at-law absent, one reportedly ill, accused mother Felisha Osula Holder appeared before a High Court today and made submissions on her behalf saying, “I think I am capable enough...
View ArticleAccused to be sentenced next month
A St Philip man remains on bail after pleading guilty to gun and ammunition charges in the High Court today. Chad Joel Hunte, of Merrick’s Road admitted he was the one who had an illegal .38 revolver...
View ArticleVincentian on gun conviction pleads for a chance
Attorneys on both sides of a gun case have agreed that the High Court was dealing with an “exceptional case” when it came to convict Kendol Kenor Wilson. The prosecution and defence revealed that a...
View ArticleAlleged bed thief remanded
An elderly man who allegedly burglarised a residence and made away with a bed is now on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Shurland Delacey Boyce, of Pine Road, St Michael will spend the next 28...
View ArticleBlackett ‘carried’ away after court hearing
Officers were called on to lift an accused from the precincts of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today after he appeared to fall as he was being escorted out and refused to get up....
View ArticleStraker puts forward his defence
Accused Seth Ashad Michael Straker said he went home to get a condom after having a conversation with a woman but when he returned where he had left her on May 29, 2007 he came across some men who told...
View ArticleGuilty Venezuelans have no travel documents
The two Venezuelan tradesmen who entered Barbados illegally within the last year remain on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for another 28 days. Niconaty Jose Guerra, 33, and Pedro Antonio Cabrera...
View ArticleTenant catches thief in the act
When a postgraduate student realised that her groceries were continuously disappearing, she set up a close circuit camera to get to the bottom of the situation. The measure paid off when she caught her...
View Article“Controlled” smoker finally accepts counselling
A Bridgetown magistrate was taken aback today when an accused declared he had control over his marijuana smoking habit even though he admitted using the illegal drug twice daily. District “A” Criminal...
View ArticleCXC’s but nothing to show
A Queen’s College graduate with five CXC certificates, unemployed and no fixed place of abode, was chided by a Bridgetown magistrate today for wasting his qualifications and competencies. “I am going...
View ArticleFour to appear in court on criminal charges
Four people are scheduled to appear in court today to face criminal charges. They Kyle Chad Rasheem Archer, 26, of #59 Bayview Avenue, Bayville, St Michael; Jamar Darnelle Mottley, 32, of Lower...
View ArticleWoman racks up more theft convictions
Known thief Keisha Melissa Clarke has been sentenced to nine months in prison on two charges. The 32-year-old, of Quarry Road, Arthur Seat, St Thomas pleaded guilty before Magistrate Kristie...
View ArticleYouth on gun and ammo charges
An automatic 28 days on remand at Dodds Prison was what a young St Michael man received when he appeared before one of this island’s courts on two indictable charges at the weekend. Rackeem Shaquille...
View ArticleAbsalon admits to stealing money from jobseeker
An eight-month prison sentence “hurt” a conman today who was convicted for swindling a young jobseeker out of $600 last year. “Eight months ma’am? This hurting me ma’am, I got heart problems, I can’t...
View ArticleTwo on remand
Two young men appeared in court today on similar charges. One pleaded guilty while the other denied the allegations and both are now on remand at Dodds. Teriq Kaareem Linton, 21, and Tariq Carlisle...
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