Two months ‘self-improvement’ for theft, weapon
Rico Ricardo Grazette told Magistrate Alison Burke he was actively working on improving himself. The Cutting Road, Haggatt Hall man reappeared in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court for sentencing after...
View ArticleFarmer says sorry for marijuana possession
A pre-sentencing report has been ordered for a farmer who admitted to cannabis offences in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court. Damian Whittington McCollin, 39 of Plum Tree Road, Haggatt Hall, St Michael...
View ArticleMan remanded for rape, woman on bail for sexual assault of minor
An Airy Hill, St Joseph man has been remanded to Dodds Prison after confessing to raping a 12-year-old girl a decade ago. The admission was heard moments before a jury was selected in the No. 2 Supreme...
View ArticleSentencing phase begins in indecent assault case
After an uncle pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting his five-year-old niece on four occasions, State Counsel Eleazar Williams argued that the man should face consecutive rather than concurrent...
View ArticleWomen granted bail on disturbance charge
Two food servers appeared before Magistrate Alison Burke in connection with creating a disturbance in a City fast food restaurant. Daisha Sade Monisha Williams, 20, of Bullens Avenue, Dalkeith Road and...
View ArticleBreadfruit thief to spend time behind bars
A man who stole 22 breadfruits from popular roast breadfruit restaurant Yelluh Meat will spend the next three months in prison. On Thursday, Steve Gordon Miller, 44, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded...
View ArticleMan convicted on wounding charge
A 31-year-old St Michael man was sentenced to nine months in prison on a wounding charge. Magistrate Alison Burke delivered the ruling on Kyle Egan Blackman, of Block 5H, Neptune Road, Deacons Farm on...
View ArticleGun, ammo and drug charges land man on remand at Dodds
A 34-year-old man was remanded to prison on drug and firearm-related charges. Livardo Rogélio Hinds, of Glendairy Road, Bridge Road, St Michael appeared in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court before...
View ArticleYoung offender jailed for ‘reprehensible’ attack on visitors
At just 17 years old, Lashawn Shaquon Hinds entered the rented holiday home of British visitors armed with a gun where he forced the couple to perform sexual acts while he watched, then raped the man’s...
View ArticleGunman to spend five more years in prison for crimes
A man convicted on firearm and wounding charges was encouraged to get to know another side of life not just the negative. “Life requires that you apply wisdom, as it is no easy path. It is always wiser...
View ArticleMan already on a gun charge, placed on remand for alleged theft
A 29-year-old man accused of stealing a $2800 chain and causing serious bodily harm had his request for bail denied on Monday when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes. Weekes agreed with the...
View ArticleThyme thief stole to feed hunger
A 66-year-old man on welfare, was on Monday given a six-month suspended sentence for stealing $25 in thyme from businessman T’Challa Howell. Charles Dennis Gilkes of Salter’s Main Road, St Michael told...
View ArticleElderly accused remanded on serious bodily harm charge
Prosecutor Rudolph Boyce objected to granting bail to a 75-year-old man today. The man, Samuel Cornelius Collis of Gunsite Road Britton’s Hill, St Michael, appeared in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court...
View ArticleAssault accused remanded
Tedroy Lashley was granted personal bail on Friday and told to bring a surety on Monday. But instead, he appeared before the same court on two new charges. The 39-year-old of McClean’s Gap, Brittons...
View ArticleRasta found with drugs urged to practise religion within the law
Rastafarians cannot stand behind religious practices when they conflict with certain laws. “You cannot break the law while practising your religion,” Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes said Monday in a case...
View ArticleGambling teen admits to theft, court sets curfew
Some parents are not giving children the proper foundation needed to thrive but are allowing “cellphones and Vybz Kartel” to educate them. That’s the view of Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes as he spoke to...
View ArticleMurder at fete case begins
When a DJ started to play the song Shooting Mood at a fete, shots rang out and a man was seen stumbling before falling on his face. Principal State Counsel Oliver Thomas who is prosecuting the case...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal allows challenge to 2022 election ruling
The Court of Appeal has given the green light for a failed 2022 election candidate to challenge a judge’s ruling on the general election. Phillip Nathaniel Catlyn, who ran for the Sovereignty Party in...
View ArticleTwo get probation after fight over missing dog food
A public disturbance caused by two men over misplaced dog food resulted in them being hauled before the law courts on Thursday. Jamar Paul Antonio Clarke, 33, of Close Hill Road, Cave Hill, St Michael...
View ArticleMan forfeits a portion of seized foreign currency
A High Court Judge has suggested that persons seeking to travel abroad with foreign exchange educate themselves on the legal way to do so via the Central Bank of Barbados. Justice Randall Worrell made...
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