CCJ reserves judgment in manslaughter case as brothers challenge delay
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has reserved judgment in a manslaughter case involving two brothers who are challenging the Barbados Court of Appeal’s decision on the grounds of delay. Stuart and...
View ArticleComplainant a no-show; case dismissed
A 66-year-old man had a matter against him dismissed in Supreme Court No. 2A. Evans Maurice Malcolm also known as Poodle of Lower Brighton, St George had been charged with causing serious bodily harm...
View ArticleMurder trials resume on Monday
Two murder cases will continue in the High Court next week. The trial of Christopher Anderson Shepherd, 25, of Spruce Street, St Michael and Rio Richan Jeanie Malcolm Benn, 33, of Upper Duke’s Alley,...
View ArticleMan had a brain injury and amnesia
A registrar on call in the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) gave evidence on Friday as the trial of Daniel Leo St Elmo Gibson and Kyle Devon Connell continued in...
View ArticleRelative apologises for indecently assaulting his sister’s daughter
A cognitively “slow” uncle was on Monday sentenced to eight years in prison for indecently assaulting his niece five years ago. The paedophile had previously pleaded guilty to four separate counts of...
View ArticleThief gets nine months in prison
A man dressed in all black was caught on camera illegally entering a house where a woman suffering from dementia lived. He stole a hair trimmer and blender but left behind his clothing scattered on the...
View ArticleMan admits assaulting, insulting Special Constable
A man who threatened to shoot a special constable was remanded to Dodds Prison on Monday. Khalil Javaar Hurley, 25, of Scott’s Gap, Britton’s Hill, St Michael pleaded guilty to four charges including...
View ArticleOfficer gives evidence in murder trial
The Kevin Andrew Haynes murder case will continue in the High Court on Wednesday. Haynes, of Jordan Road, Belleplaine, St Andrew, is accused of murdering Rahim Ward between August 23 and 30, 2019. When...
View ArticleBar manager remanded on theft charge
A 36-year-old bar manager appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday charged with stealing almost $20 000. Dwight Johnson, a Jamaican national, was not required to plead to theft of...
View ArticlePathologist: Rahim Ward’s body had two gunshot wounds
An autopsy conducted on the decomposing body of Rahim Ward concluded that he died from a gunshot wound, forensic pathologist Dr Althea Neblett told jurors in the murder trial of Kevin Andrew Haynes on...
View ArticleTrinidad and Tobago admits firearm dealers illegal arrest in Barbados
The Trinidad and Tobago government has conceded that its police officers acted illegally in the controversial arrest of firearm dealer Brent Thomas in Barbados and his subsequent forced return to...
View ArticleBail application fails, man remains in custody
Esan Tio Atobe Jones has been given more time to “reflect” on the remand block at Dodds after the prosecution again objected to bail. Jones, of Block 7B Haynesville, St James is accused of unlawfully...
View ArticleDrug, ammo accused arraigned
Unlawful possession of cocaine and ammunition charges against a man in his 50s will continue before the High Court on Wednesday. Michel Namroud, of Apes Hill, Polo Estate, St James was arraigned before...
View ArticleJamaican ordered to pay $15 000 or serve time
Jamaican Onickey Orain Reid was ordered to pay a $15 000 forthwith fine after apologising to the High Court for being caught with a firearm in Barbados. Failure to pay the fine will result in his...
View ArticleGeneral worker granted bail in wounding case
A 23-year-old man was granted $7 500 bail when he appeared before the law court on Monday. Kerry Cornwall of 3rd Avenue Fairway Gardens is accused of maliciously wounding Jahyeem Foster on September...
View ArticleWounding accused remanded
An unemployed St Michael man was remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital on Monday after appearing before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on a wounding charge. Davyn Ajani Adamson, 21, of Lower...
View ArticleMurder charge dropped after successful no-case submission
St Michael men Christopher Anderson Shepherd and Rio Richan Jelanie Malcolm Benn no longer have a murder charge hanging over their heads. The men walked free of the charge Tuesday after their attorney,...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal orders the release of Vybz Kartel and co-accused
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has ordered the release of dancehall artist Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused for the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. The decision of the court was unanimous, said...
View ArticleJury to get case in St Andrew man’s murder trial
Justice Christopher Birch is to deliver his summation in the trial of murder accused Kevin Andrew Haynes next Wednesday before handing the case over to the jury. The judge set the August 7 date after...
View ArticleCCJ overturns court-martial conviction in landmark case
A landmark case in Caribbean military justice has drawn attention to the delicate balance between maintaining military discipline and ensuring due process for service members as the Caribbean Court of...
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