Agard admits to having gun
After Brandon Deshawn Agard led police on a chase through Westbury to New Orleans, they discovered an illegal firearm and ammunition on him. When he appeared before Madam Justice Wanda Blair in the No....
View ArticleLeacock guilty of 2014 murder
A jury has found Kemar Omar Yvonne Leacock guilty of murdering Jermaine Harper ten years ago. On Wednesday evening, the 12-member jury of 10 women and two men in Supreme Court No. 3 returned a...
View Article‘Help for victim’
The awarding of compensation to a rape victim should not be seen as the court putting a price on that person’s dignity but as financial assistance to help them “regain their life”, a judge said on...
View ArticleBond imposed on man who hit, threatened woman
A 38-year-old construction worker who threatened to kill a woman who had been “tarnishing” his name has been placed on a bond to keep the peace. Denmar Mccarthy Saffrey of Smith Road, Sargeant’s...
View Article22 Wounds
Gregory Adams died as a result of multiple stab wounds. That was the finding of consultant pathologist Dr David Gaskin as he gave evidence in the trial of Shonette Vanessa Williams and Calvin Osbort...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal reserves judgment in Bail Act case
After a week of listening to submissions in favour of and against a High Court judge’s ruling that deemed part of the Bail Act unconstitutional, the Court of Appeal has reserved its decision and will...
View ArticleDrayton jailed for nine more years
Dario Devon Drayton will be behind bars for nine more years as punishment for committing several offences, including aggravated burglary, theft and assault. The Turton Gap, Gittens Road, Government...
View ArticleKnife Found
Crime scene manager Inspector Wayne Griffith testified in the murder trial of a mother and son, that when he saw the dead body of the accused woman’s common-law husband there was a knife in his hand....
View ArticleRape accused gives unsworn statement
Patterson Orlando Ifill told a High Court that a girl he is accused of raping was at his home, but he insisted he was doing construction work and his stepdaughter was at the house on a day he is...
View ArticleCourt Call
The following persons are asked to report to Supreme Court No. 5 at the Supreme Court Complex, Whitepark Road, St Michael, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 9 a.m.: Caroline Priscilla Scantlebury –...
View ArticleJones to be sentenced in two months for ex’s killing
Convicted murderer David Ricardo Jones will be sentenced on May 24 for killing his ex-girlfriend almost a decade ago. Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell gave the date on Friday in the No. 4 Supreme...
View ArticleHead shot killed Miller, testifies pathologist
David Miller was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. Consultant Pathologist Dr David Gaskin gave this evidence while testifying in Supreme Court No. 3, on Tuesday, as the murder trial of Romario...
View ArticleFraud accused claims woman gave her money for witchcraft service
Declaring that “sometimes witchcraft works and sometimes it doesn’t”, Petular Henry on Tuesday claimed that the woman accusing her of theft had readily handed over money for her to “provide a service”...
View ArticleDuo freed of burglary charges
Two St Michael men were acquitted of aggravated burglary charges in the High Court on Tuesday. Dennis Rudolph Lythcott of Chapman Street and Gabriel O’Neil Greene of Greene, Mount Friendship, were...
View ArticleIfill guilty of raping minor
Patterson Orlando Ifill has been found guilty of having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 14. A nine-member jury delivered the unanimous verdict on Tuesday afternoon in the No. 4A Supreme...
View ArticleFight before death
A state witness testified in the No. 4 Supreme Court on Thursday that moments before Gregory Adams’ death, he had Calvin Osbourne at knifepoint and in a chokehold. Shae Colthurst was giving evidence in...
View ArticleNew High Court judge sworn in
Legal scholar Herbert Patrick Wells has been sworn in as Barbados’ newest High Court judge. In the presence of his family and Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham, Dr Wells was officially sworn into...
View ArticleAccused says no evidence connecting him to fraud case
One of the accused in a money laundering, theft and forgery trial is adamant that there is no evidence linking him to those crimes. Making his closing arguments on Monday in the No. 5 Supreme Court,...
View Article‘No Bargain’
Likening courts to “bargain basement stores” due to the multiple discounts given on prison sentences, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale SC was adamant on Wednesday that murder...
View ArticleEx-cop fined
By Jenique Belgrave A retired policeman who has testified in several gun cases locally and regionally was ordered on Thursday to pay $20 000 forthwith for having more than 100 bullets without the...
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