Re-sentencing case of Campus Trendz killer continues this week
Convicted murderer Jamar Dewayne Bynoe will reappear before Madam Justice Michelle Weekes on Thursday for the resumption of his re-sentencing trial. King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim and attorney Sian...
View ArticleProsecutor: Escapee ‘walked out’ of cell ‘just so’
It is the State’s case that after being arrested and placed in a cell at a police station, Akeem Ricardo Griffith unlocked it and walked out. Principal State Counsel Joyann Catwell told this to a...
View ArticleCorbin asks court for leniency after admitting to cocaine charges
After police stopped him, Devonish Corbin admitted that there were illegal drugs in the white bucket he was carrying, but told the officers he was unsure whether the packages contained cannabis or...
View ArticleSt Philip man admits to gun, ammo, drug offences
Desmond Bernard Clarke will have to wait a bit longer to find out if he gets the break he asked for after admitting to committing firearm, ammunition, and drug charges almost a decade ago. Sentencing...
View ArticleDeputy DPP, defence differ on starting sentence for killer
Convicted manslayer Kason Edwards should be given a starting sentence of no less than 25 years for killing Jason Husbands more than a decade ago, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale...
View ArticleSt John man admits to gun, ammo, drug charges
Asif Iqbal Padmore will return to the No. 4A Supreme Court on September 20 after admitting to firearm, ammunition and drug charges. The 44-year-old of Henley Land, St John appeared before Madam Justice...
View ArticleSisters demand post-mortem after brother dies in lockup
The sisters of Kemo Grant, the 29-year-old man who died in a Central Police Station holding cell nearly two weeks ago, have called for a forensic pathologist to conduct the post-mortem examination on...
View ArticleMan ordered to pay compensation for assaulting security guard
Shayne Zico Austin was ordered to pay $100 in compensation to a security guard after pushing him and throwing a rock at him. Magistrate Manila Renee also placed the 29-year-old painter of Welchman...
View ArticleKiller’s statement details events leading to postman’s death
After their plans to get money from postman Basil Springer failed, Kyle Chad Rasheem Archer and Jamar Darnelle Mottley stabbed him and threw him into a well. These facts were revealed as Principal...
View ArticleDLP lawsuit adjourned until July 23
Chief Justice Leslie Haynes today adjourned the suit challenging the suspension of Democratic Labour Party (DLP) President Dr Ronnie Yearwood and General Secretary Steve Blackett. He ordered the legal...
View ArticleMurder trial ends in hung jury
After almost three hours of deliberation, a jury could not decide whether Trasuon Alleyne was guilty of murdering Rondell Alexander on December 13, 2019. Alleyne, 26, of Morris Gap, Westbury, St...
View ArticleAccused gives defence in escape trial
An accused escapee explained to a nine-member jury that while waiting at the police station, an officer told him that he could leave and he did just that. This was the testimony of Akeem Ricardo...
View ArticleBrothers on separate gun charges
Two brothers pleaded guilty to similar but separate firearm and ammunition charges in the High Court. Appearing before Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court, Jamal St Clair Ramsay, 36, of...
View ArticleDrug accused duo on $5 000 bail
Luke Randal Volney and Xavier Sheldon Gittens are now on $5 000 bail each after appearing before Magistrate Manila Renee on four drug charges. Volney, 18, of Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Road, St Michael...
View ArticleWoman recounts rape by two men in believed “set-up”
The complainant in a rape trial told the jury in the No. 5 Supreme Court that she was at the home of an acquaintance when Matthew Kevin Lamonte Cumberbatch and Ricardo Alexander Headley held her down...
View ArticleTeen ditched gun in toilet as police pursued him
Fleeing from the police with three other men, Tyrique Tyreese Herbert ran into a house on Chapman Lane, St Michael and tried to hide the illegal firearm he was carrying inside a toilet bowl. That was...
View ArticleSt Michael man charged with murder
A 30-year-old man has been charged for last week’s murder of Jermaine Babb. Deshawn Shaquille Harper of 1st Ave, Lower Wavell Avenue, Black Rock, St. Michael appeared before Magistrate Manila Renee at...
View ArticleJudge laments decade delay, orders compensation to accident victim’s family
Frustrated by the long time it took for a death by dangerous driving matter to reach the High Court, Justice Carlisle Greaves ordered the two St John men who struck and killed a cyclist almost 13 years...
View ArticleNew justices pledge to tackle court backlog
Barbados’ two newest justices have vowed to use their experience to help reduce the backlog plaguing the nation’s courts. Victoria Charles-Clarke, newly appointed justice of appeal and Bryan Lawson...
View ArticleChrist Church man admits to gun, ammo offences; awaits fate
Fourteen years after the police caught him with an illegal firearm, ammunition and marijuana, Carlitos Omar Prescod appeared in the High Court and pleaded guilty to the charges. The Charnocks Land,...
View Article