Offender gets jail time despite plea for suspended sentence
Despite “trying” to keep out of trouble with the law Kirk Douglas Francis found himself before a Bridgetown Magistrate on a new charge recently. And although he remained silent on his first appearance,...
View ArticleDrug trafficker admits guilt
When Wayne Ricardo Worrell appeared before the High Court today he pleaded guilty to having 632. 5 kilogrammes of marijuana in Barbados’ territorial waters over eight years ago. The Belleplaine Housing...
View ArticleTallawahs overcome the Warriors
Lightning did not strike twice in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020, as the Jamaica Tallawahs got over the line with time to spare having again restricted the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a paltry...
View ArticleGriffith sentenced on gun and ammo charges
Four years ago Renaldo Omar Griffith told investigators he purchased an illegal firearm for $4 500 to “defend” himself. Today however, the Fitt’s Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael resident told Justice...
View ArticleHabitual offender headed back to prison
The shackles were snapped back on the hands of Andrew Sylvester Moore today just when he thought he was a free man. The 45-year-old, of no fixed place of abode, had spent the last 28 days on remand...
View ArticleCourt reduces fine and gives curfew breaker more time to pay
A $7 000 fine imposed on COVID-19 law breaker Damien Decorey Walters back in April was slashed by more than half today following an appeal through his attorneys, Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley and...
View ArticleCriminal charges update in Halls Road shooting incident
Police from the Major Crimes Unit and the Antigun and Gangs Unit have arrested and formally charged several individuals for several criminal matters, which arose out of circumstances surrounding a...
View ArticleCutlass threat
When Jamar Kemar Waldron saw Redman on Saturday he shouted: “You owe me money. I buy dope for you and was looking for you ever since. I gone chop you today.” Prosecutor Robert Jones said Waldron, of...
View ArticleWounding charge before court
Accused Darius Romain Blackett is facing an indictable charge of wounding with intent. But the 27-year-old of Chapel Gap, St Barnabas, St Michael told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court the incident...
View ArticleBarbados franchise perfecting the art of losing
Defending champion Barbados Tridents’ batting misery hit rock bottom tonight in a lopsided eight-wicket loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Brian Lara Stadium. After choosing to bat first, the...
View ArticleCopper thief gets time
Winston Scarlyn Holder will spend three consecutive 18-month sentences at Dodds for his crimes. Magistrate Manila Renee made the ruling today after the 61-year-old car washer from Combermere Street, St...
View ArticleAccused pleas for bail denied
Despite pleas that he was “a good person” who had never been charged before, Rokarl Elwin Lewis’ application for bail was denied. The 21-year-old from Harper’s Land, Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church...
View ArticleConfessed drug addict gets prison time
Shawn Omar Hinkson of Pavilion Road, Bank Hall, St Michael has been jailed in connection with four burglary charges. He has been slapped with a 12-month sentence on each charge to run consecutively....
View ArticleDrug traffickers sentenced to time in prison
Two men who the High Court ruled were seeking “financial gain” by transporting 474 kilogrammes of marijuana into Barbados on a fishing boat have been sent to prison for the crime. During a Zoom hearing...
View ArticleManslayer back in court next week
Sentencing submissions by legal counsel are expected to be made on September 11 when the case against Ryan Omar Samuel continues. The matter came up for hearing before Justice Randall Worrell today...
View ArticleRoberts back in custody
Escaped prisoner Rovaldo Rahkim Roberts is back on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. The 18-year-old of Grant’s Gap, Lower Westbury Road, St Michael appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court...
View ArticleFraud accused wants cases dropped
Aaron Francisco Joseph reappeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this week and made an application for some of his cases to be dismissed. The 27-year-old, of Odessa McClean Avenue, My Lord’s...
View ArticleTeen gets bail, two other accused remanded
One of three men who appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court recently jointly charged with several offences has been granted bail. Sixteen-year-old Oshae Saiff Gibson, of No 71 Husbands New...
View ArticleThree to appear in court today on murder charges
Detectives in the Northern Division have arrested and charged three men for the offence of murder of David Thompson, and arson of a motor car belonging to Rasheda Cadogan. They are Shaulon Rashidi...
View ArticleMurder accused remanded
Corey Orlando Gill, 36, of Husbands St. James has been remanded to HMP Dodds for the murder of Tanya Greenidge. Gill appeared in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court St. Matthias Christ Church today...
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