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Confessed fraudster claims he was blackmailed
A man, who admitted to fraud-related charges in the High Court, will be sentenced at the end of this month. In telling his story to police during the investigation Aaron Francisco Joseph, 27, of...
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Man charged with two counts of murder and other offences
A 23-year-old man is expected to appear in the St Matthias Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13, on several charges including two counts of murder. Police in the Southern Division arrested...
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Evidence in rape case discarded
A rat and termite infestation in a police station’s Exhibits Room resulted in the disposal of evidence relating to a rape case. Two vaginal smears, two vaginal swabs, a red panty, a beige bra, a pair...
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Shawn Andre Weekes was arrested for the murder of Leo Callender 11 years after the incident. Police officer Bernard Harte told the court he arrested the accused at the Grantley Adams International...
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Accused recalls how limers armed with rocks, bottles and wood fought Callender
Murder-accused Shawn Andre Weekes has given his account of what happened on the day Leo Callender was shot and killed at the Crane, St Philip. Weekes’ unsworn statement from the dock, came after the...
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Court hears alleged statement recalling rape
A 33-year-old man accused of raping a woman 40 years his senior allegedly told the investigating officer that the elderly woman offered him “some” and asked him if he had “grease” before he had sex...
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Legal arguments delivered as murder case draws to a close
The prosecution and defence gave their closing addresses today in the murder trial of Shawn Andre Weekes. Senior Crown Counsel Neville Watson highlighted some of the “distractions” the defence used...
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Five years for injuring two
A man charged with inflicting serious bodily harm and unlawful wounding was sentenced today by Justice Pamela Beckles. She sentenced Kemar Mario Dacosta Greene, 30, to five years on the bodily harm...
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Manslayer sentenced to 12 years
Rachad Akeil Leroy Holder was sentenced to 12 years in prison today. Holder, of Orange Grove, St George pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the April 2009 death of Rudolph Knight. In Holder’s statement,...
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Doc found bruising among rape victim’s injuries
A police medical doctor today outlined injuries to the 73-year-old woman who accuses Lionel Dacosta Wilson of rape. Wilson, of Charnocks, Christ Church is accused of having sexual intercourse with the...
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Jury returns a late evening verdict in the six-year-old murder case
A jury found Andrew Harclyde Pollard guilty of the murder of Guyanese national Onicka Gulliver today. Just after 7 p.m., the foreman and members returned the unanimous guilty verdict to the No. 2...
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Murder accused awaits sentencing
Shawn Andre Weekes was today found guilty of the murder of Leo Callender, who died 20 years ago. The unanimous verdict came at 3:45 p.m. after the 12-member jury deliberated. Justice Carlisle Greaves...
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Thirteen years for double burglary
Tennyson Ricardo Nurse entered the homes of two elderly persons in 2015 and 2017 and stole over $15 000 in items. In one case he lunged at the 77-year-old complainant with a knife but the elderly man...
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Man accused of $20,000 furniture theft
A 50-year-old man was remanded to prison today after appearing on an ammunition and burglary charge. Patrick Oneal Collymore of 3rd Avenue, Holder’s Land, Brandons, St Michael was not required to plead...
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Accused denies having sex with elderly woman
The 33-year-old man accused of raping a 73-year-old woman gave evidence from the witness stand today maintaining that he never had sex with the elderly woman nor was he sexually attracted to her, as he...
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Possible assault – Doctor
A police medical doctor told a High Court today when he examined a 73-year-old woman in August four years ago he found vaginal bruising that could be consistent with ‘possible sexual assault’. He...
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St Philip man says he does not know where to start to rebuild his life
After 13 years of enduring the shame of a rape charge, a 61-year-old man finally walked to freedom this afternoon. A nine-member jury deliberated twice before arriving at a majority 7 to 2 not guilty...
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Siblings admit to manslaughter
Two brothers today pleaded guilty to killing a man six years ago. Stuart Kenny McMillan Harewood, 36 and his brother Scott Harewood, 34, of Seaview, St Philip pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the...
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Policeman gives eye witness account of accident
An off-duty police officer said he witnessed a collision between a motorcyclist and a pedestrian, as a death by dangerous driving trial commenced today. Shawayne Deshawn Williams, 25, No. 16, Main...
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Judge to sum up rape case next week
The absence of seminal fluid and other forensic evidence were highlighted by defense counsel as closing arguments were made in the case in which a 33-year-old man is accused of raping a 73-year-old...
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