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Murder-accused remanded until Nov
The man accused of killing 42-year-old optometrist Tanya Greenidge is now on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Escorted by police, businessman Corey Orlando Gill, of No 36 Croton Drive, Husbands,...
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Alleged burglar to be evaluated
A 25-year-old man of no fixed place of abode will have a roof over his head for the next three weeks at least. Leron Alexander Wilfred Bennett will spend that time at the Psychiatric Hospital, in Black...
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74-year-old man to appear in court on ammunition charges
Police attached to the Anti-Gun and Gang Unit have arrested and charged Zack Robert Nadur, 74, of South Ridge Christ Church with possession of ammunition. Lawmen said the on September 4, Nadur had in...
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Nadur remanded until October 6
Businessman Zack Robert Nadur, 74, of South Ridge, Christ Church was remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of 50 rounds of .32...
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Irish investor blasts local court system for slow delivery of justice
As Barbados makes a new push to increase tourism and investment from Ireland, one wealthy Irish investor has embarked on a “mission” to stop people from putting their hard-earned money in this country....
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Shoplifter caught on camera
Convict Anthony Rudolph Thorpe today claimed he was “unfortunate and unlucky” moments after he racked up conviction number 102. The 62-year-old from Derricks, St James will spend the next 18 months at...
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Wildey man not guilty of gun charges
St Michael man Seth Ashad Michael Straker walked out of the High Court today free of gun and ammunition charges. The Rock Close, Wildey resident was found not guilty of having an illegal Beretta A 303...
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#BTColumn – World Suicide Prevention Day
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned...
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Scantlebury confesses and wants to make amends
A man who admitted to burglaries and other serious matters, asked the court to give him a chance to be a better role model for his daughter. This request came from Leopold Alexander Scantlebury, 35 of...
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Former deputy COP speaks out after court ruling
The retired deputy police commissioner whose public statement was at the centre of a successful law suit filed against the Royal Barbados Police Force and the Attorney General’s office is defending his...
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Judge says lawyer Had enough chance To repay stolen money
A client who was hoping to own a half a million-dollar home is, instead, now dependent on welfare and the loss of the investment she entrusted to her lawyer was today compared to suffering an aneurysm....
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Rogers, Haynes remanded in connection with Haynesville shooting
Terrlle Tyreesse Rogers, 21, and Kemal Richardo Haynes, 20, have been jointly charged with serious bodily harm and affray in a shooting in Haynesville, St James, on August 29. Rogers was also charged...
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Judge wants more done to help integrate ex-inmates into society
Persons on long periods of remand, because of an “in-built delay in the system”, should have access to educational programmes. This, according to a High Court Judge, would help with the accused’s...
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‘Beaten and suffocated’
A man facing a murder charge in the death of a Guyanese woman said he was stripped naked, wrapped in plastic, waterboarded and shocked in the genitals by policemen while in custody. Andrew Harclyde...
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Pile still functioning professionally despite prison sentence
Vonda Pile’s time practising law in Barbados could soon be cut short. Pile, who was convicted over a year ago of stealing almost $200,000 from a client and subsequently sentenced to three years in...
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Killer of Baxters road businessman to spend 13 more years
Edissa Deon Mitchell will spend 17 years in prison for the shooting death of Colin Forde; one year less than his brother who also pleaded guilty to the crime earlier. Twenty-year-old Mitchell, of 2nd...
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Thirteen years for killing woman he ‘loved’
The brother of a young woman, who was killed almost ten years ago, suggests more needs to be done to keep victims’ families updated with related court matters. However, Leroy Lord was both surprised...
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Bullies to face sentencing September 25
Three young people convicted of manslaughter in a high-profile bullying case, will be sentenced next week. Shaquille Shamal Khalleel Bradshaw, 22, and Doniko Javier Alleyne,22, both of Balls Land,...
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Two bailed, one remanded in assault and robbery case
Three St Michael men appeared in a Bridgetown Court accused of causing serious bodily harm to another. They are Kemo Avery Grant, 25, of No. 115 Denton Road, Grazettes; Tyreke Shamario Scantlebury, 17,...
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Murder accused says he made no confession
Andrew Harclyde Pollard denied making a confession statement which indicated that he argued with his ex lover about an abortion before he killed her. Today, Pollard who is on trial for the March 11,...
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