Chief Magistrate to hear all COVID cases
As of today, only one judicial officer in the magistrates’ court will be hearing matters stemming from the Emergency Management (Covid-19) Curfew No 3 Directive, 2020. Sitting in the District ‘A’...
View ArticleTeenager on curfew charge gets bail
An 18-year-old accused of breaching the national Covid-19 curfew and a single count of robbery was able to go home today following a successful bail application by his attorney-at-law Neville Reid. The...
View ArticleStay off the road, warns Chief Magistrate
A strong message must be sent to those who flout the Covid-19 directives, says Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes as he imposed a $3,000 fine on a 28-year-old mechanic who was caught breaking curfew. Now...
View ArticleThree before the court on curfew charges
Three men charged with breaking the Covid-19 curfew have been warned to “seriously” consider their movement going forward. Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes gave the advice to 48-year-old Rene Orlando...
View ArticleLovestruck during curfew
When a jilted lover could not reach his ex-girlfriend to find out why she stopped speaking to him, the 40-year-old left home during curfew hours to find out why. Now Leroy Augustus Scott, of Charnocks,...
View ArticleArthur fined for pre-dawn trek for painkillers
The pain in the previously fractured hand of St George man was so great that he chose to walk from his home at Glebe Land all the way to Martindales Road, St Michael in the wee hours of Sunday morning...
View ArticleClarke sentenced to six months
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes sees value in establishing a halfway house to help “vulnerable persons” who find themselves in trouble with the law. He made the comment today as he dealt with the case of...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy
Having reportedly received a bit of neighbourhood justice, a 31-year-old will now spend three months in prison for breaking the COVID-19 curfew. With his two arms heavily bandaged and in slings, Mario...
View ArticlePrison time for curfew violation
Six months in prison was the sentence handed down on a 32-year-old man who was outdoors on Heroes Day during the national curfew without a reasonable explanation. Shane Alexander Drakes, of 1st Avenue...
View ArticleSt Michael men fined $7,000 each for breaching curfew law
It has cost two men $7,000 each for their “reckless” disregard of the nation’s curfew law, which requires all persons to remain indoors. The sum is the highest imposed on any person pleading guilty to...
View ArticleGuard falls victim to robbery
An act of revenge landed Shanie McCarlo Callendar before the law court today for the first time in his life. The 28-year-old, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to entering the George Lamming...
View ArticleAlleged curfew breaker pleads not guilty
Another young man charged with breaking the curfew order among other charges was released on bail today. Rackesh Kishmar Oneal Grant, of Lower Carters Gap, Christ Church is charged with using a...
View ArticleGas station attendant charged with robbery
A 22-year-old man was remanded to Dodds today on an indictable robbery charge. Atsu Kehinde Tese Jones, of Kendal Hill Tenantry B, Christ Church will make his next court appearance on May 28. Jones, a...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to theft
A fleet-footed female thief was taken into police custody in connection with another investigation after appearing in court today. The 52-year-old, Patricia Elizabeth Simmons, who was recorded as...
View ArticleSt John man denies drug charges
A 59-year-old fisherman is now on remand at Dodds on several drug charges. Anthyne Douglas Jones, of Colleton, St John appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes over the weekend charged with...
View ArticleTudor remanded on gun and ammo charges
Gun and ammunition charges have landed a 26-year-old man on remand at Dodds. Demaund Rahim Tudor, of 35 Grazettes Gardens, St Michael could not plead to the indictable charges that he had an illegal...
View ArticleStoute says he broke window to rescue former girlfriend
Conductor Shaqueale Kimal Stoute claimed he was lied to and did not know what was going on when he broke a window to get his former girlfriend out of another man’s house. The 26-year-old, of Hillbury...
View ArticleNew curfew for accused Brathwaite
A 22-year-old from Valley Land, St George will reappear in court on July 21 on three charges. When Rashawn Shaqur George Brathwaite appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes today he was granted...
View ArticleThreats land Cox in court
A 63-year-old retiree who appeared on a criminal charge in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court recently is on $2,500 bail. It is alleged that Andrew Fabian O’Neal Cox, of Lot 1 Rock Hall, St George...
View ArticleBurke warned: Stay away from alcohol and victim
An incident which occurred while a 49-year-old man “had drinks” in his system landed him in trouble with the law. Now, Henderson O’neale Burke, of Wotton Plantation, Christ Church has to find $1,500 in...
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