Two walk after witnesses fail to testify
Day two of an actual bodily harm trial involving two men took an unexpected turn in the No. 5 Supreme Court today. Principal Crown Counsel Elwood Watts reported that two critical witnesses in the case...
View ArticleTeen charged with assaulting women
A St James teen was released on bail today after denying charges of assault. Kishon Lamar Anderson Thomas, 17, of Nicholls Road, Seaview appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant, charged with...
View ArticleFreed of robbery charge
More than five years after being accused of robbing a man, Rashad Rudolph Hoyte walked out of the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court without the charge over his head. Hoyte, of Barker’s Road, Haggatt Hall,...
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Sentence delayed
Just over two-dozen members of the Rastafarian community gathered outside the precincts of the District ‘A” Magistrates Court today in a show of solidarity with the Rastafarian parents who were due to...
View ArticleMajor theft
A St Joseph woman has been charged with stealing nearly $60,000, and that was the amount of bail she was granted when she appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant this afternoon. Olivia Esdale...
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“Parro” denies threatening women
Noel Alexander Austin, who described himself to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court as a “parro” who had no friends and was disliked by his family, was today remanded into custody for allegedly...
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Batson remanded until sentencing
It was a case of four times unlucky for Shalom Shem Batson when he appeared before a Bridgetown magistrate today. After getting bail three times from two courts, the 19-year-old resident of Laynes...
View ArticleMan offers to wash cars as bail condition
An offer to wash the vehicles of magistrates and court clerks did not get a 46-year-old St Michael man the chance he begged for today. Livingston McDonald Trotman of Storey Gap, Codrington Hill will...
View ArticleWoman gets bail on assault charge
Forty-two-year old Nicole Herbert was today released on bail after appearing before the Oistins Magistrates Court accused of assaulting a man. Herbert, of Best Road, Lodge Road, Christ Church is...
View ArticleWrong route
A 19-year-old’s admission today that he had been driving without a licence “for a while now”, has landed him at HMP Dodds until Friday. Jaquan Janeil Stoute, of Kendal Hill B, Christ Church appeared...
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$850 fine for cannabis
Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today imposed a $850 fine on Alvin Detroy Trotman after he pleaded guilty to a drug charge. The 38-year-old of 2nd Avenue, Mannings Land, St Michael was charged with...
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Chef denies theft charges
A St Thomas chef who appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court on theft charges today has denied any wrongdoing. Ricardo Dacosta Waldron, 47, of Broomes Gap, Arthur Seat, is charged with stealing,...
View ArticleThree assault cases dismissed
Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant threw out assault charges against three men in different cases today, after the complainants said they no longer wanted to proceed with the matters. Keith Osbourne...
View ArticleRuling on Rasta children delayed
The decision on whether two Rastafarian children should become wards on the court has been deferred until October 27. The matter in which the Child Care Board is seeking custody of the children – a boy...
View ArticleBe firm!
Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale has urged parents “to be firm with . . . children”, after an 18-year-old appeared before him on three rape charges Monday. The unemployed teen from Christ Church is...
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Barrow fined for having cannabis
A St Michael man was Tuesday given two weeks to pay a $850 fine for possession of cannabis in order to avoid two months behind bars. But Valentino Alphonzo Barrow, 57, of St Paul’s Avenue, Bayville did...
View ArticleLandscaper on $15 000 bail
A 29-year-old landscaper was today released on $15 000 bail after appearing in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court on a serious charge. Tristan Pierre McCollin, of #833 Kingsland Crescent, Christ Church, is...
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Accused killer remanded
Murder accused Shamar Omar Ishmael was Tuesday remanded to HMP Dodds after making his first appearance in the District ‘A’ No.2 Magistrates’ Court. The 25-year-old, of 1st Avenue Jackson, St Michael,...
View ArticleBirkett awaits fate for having gun
He has been on remand for the past 824 days and in another six weeks Ian MacDonald Birkett will know if he will gain his freedom or remain behind bars. The 41-year-old from 2B Wotton, Christ Church...
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Charges against Bascombe dropped
A 20-year-old man was today freed of two charges when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court. Rienando Winslow Bascombe, of Stevenson Road, Kew Road, St Michael was charged with unlawfully...
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