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Physician reports findings from examination of 14-year-old alleged incest victim
Three witnesses, including the lead investigator and the doctor who examined a 14-year-old girl who accused her father of raping her, gave evidence in the Supreme Court No. 2 on Tuesday. The accused...
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Call for more fire, evacuation drills
A senior fire official is urging businesses across the island to hold fire and evacuation drills with their staff to prevent any potential tragedy. Station Officer Roger Bourne of the Bridgetown...
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The start of the judicial review into last year’s ruling by Coroner Graveney Bannister who probed the death of Warren Mottley has been postponed for a second time. The hearing was scheduled to begin on...
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Judge awaits word from attorneys in judicial review of Coroner’s ruling in...
The start of the judicial review into last year’s ruling by Coroner Graveney Bannister who probed the death of Warren Mottley has been postponed for a second time. The hearing was scheduled to begin on...
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Lawyers seeking commission of inquiry, more protection of client-attorney...
The scandal involving the discovery of a cell phone taped under a table in a police station interviewing room while a lawyer conferred with her client escalated on Wednesday with the Barbados Bar...
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Father denies committing incest against daughter
“It never happened!” This was the strong assertion of the man accused of two counts of incest against his daughter, as his trial continued in Supreme Court No. 2 on Thursday. Choosing to take the...
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Court of Appeal awaits reasons for decision in lawsuit against BWA
The Court of Appeal is currently “shooting in the dark” regarding the reasons for the decision made by the trial judge in the lawsuit brought against the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) by businesswoman...
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Court orders entrepreneur to forfeit seized foreign currency
A High Court judge has made it clear that ignorance of the law is no excuse as she ordered that an entrepreneur forfeit just under half of the US currency he was attempting to take out of the country...
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‘Last spell’
Judge warns thrice-convicted gunman to stay away from firearms Not once, not twice, but thrice Don Sylvester Browne has been convicted of a firearm offence, and Justice Christopher Birch warned him on...
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November date for gun trial
The trial against firearm accused Dennis Maynard is scheduled to get underway on November 13 in Supreme Court No. 3. The Roach Village, St George man is charged with possession of a firearm without a...
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Mechanic faces court on kidnapping, rape and ecstasy charges
A 49-year-old auto mechanic was granted $20 000 bail with conditions when he appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court on kidnapping, rape and drug charges on Monday. Jeffrey Anthony...
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Robbery-accused teens remanded after court rejects sureties
Two teenagers facing a robbery charge have been remanded to Dodds prison as their sureties were not found suitable by Magistrate Bernadeth John. Serrian Jamali Scott-Fegan, 19, of Jackman’s Alley,...
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Questions raised about whether lock on container with drugs was tampered with
Two seals bearing identical numbers became a focal point when the trial of two customs brokers charged with the importation, possession and trafficking of 301.4 kilogrammes of cannabis continued in...
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Umbrella theft costs man one month of freedom
The theft of two umbrellas from a city store has landed a St Michael man in jail for one month. Even though he pleaded guilty to stealing the items, valued at $50, belonging to Cool Saving Fashion Inc....
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St Philip man gets bail on drug charges
Pierre Decarlo Small has been charged with possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking cannabis. The 32-year-old unemployed man of Long Bay, St Philip appeared in the District ‘A’...
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Griffith denies cannabis charges
A self-employed man pleaded not guilty to several drug offences when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Ramone Henderson Sharom Griffith, of Sweet Street, Lowthers Hill,...
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Prosecution, defence present final arguments in incest trial
Presenting their closing arguments in the trial of a father accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his daughter, the prosecution and the defence urged the jury to consider the evidence...
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Prison break probe complete
Prison authorities have completed their probe into the recent escape of a murder-accused inmate from Dodds. A report on the findings is now in the hands of Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams....
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Henry acquitted of indecent assault charge
Shawn Ricardo Henry has been found not guilty of indecent assault. The jury in the No. 4A Supreme Court returned the unanimous verdict in the April 20, 2009 matter before Justice Wanda Blair. The...
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Officers testify in customs brokers’ drug trial
A former police officer and a police constable gave evidence before a nine-member jury in the trial of two customs brokers charged with drug offences relating to the importation of 301.4 kilogrammes of...
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