Barber admits to stealing razors from Massy stores
A teenage barber admitted to a court today that he stole a pack of razor blades costing just $5.07. Tyreese Rodario Greene, 16, of Worthing View, Christ Church told Magistrate Douglas Frederick that he...
View ArticleTheft costs Watts time and money
One hundred and eighty hours of community service and an order to compensate the victim. That was the sentence imposed today by Magistrate Douglas Frederick on 25-year-old Dwayne Shamar Watts, after he...
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Costly touch
A Guyanese man learnt a hard lesson Monday when he appeared in court for “grabbling” a woman without her consent. Parmanand Mickey Lambert, 34, who resides in St Michael pleaded guilty to assaulting...
View Article73-year-old charged with wounding man
A 73-year-old man is out on $5,000 bail on a wounding charge. John Wesley Redman, a resident of Queen Mary Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, was not required to plead when he appeared before the District...
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Duo placed on bonds
Two men who wounded each other a year apart appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court recently to answer their charges. Dion Tremaine Hunte, 22, of Block 2A, Ferniehurst, St Michael was...
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Sibling rivalry
A Bridgetown magistrate has placed a St Lucian man on a bond to keep the peace for the next six months, after he admitted to piercing his brother’s hand with a garden fork during an argument over...
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Guyanese jailed for assaulting women
A Guyanese national will spend three months behind bars for assaulting his former girlfriend and another woman. Magistrate Douglas Frederick imposed the sentence on Kelvin James Weekes, who lived at...
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Alleged ham thief denied bail
A man who has a “multiplicity of convictions” attached to his name will spend the next 28 days at HMP Dodds after he appeared in court for allegedly stealing a ham. Anthony Rudolph Thorpe, 59, of...
View ArticleLabourer on bail for rape, theft, serious bodily harm
A St Michael labourer was granted $10, 000 bail after appearing in court today on three serious charges. Shane Leemar Hoyte, a 30-year-old resident of Mount Friendship, appeared before Magistrate...
View ArticlePlumber confesses to destroying pipes
A plumber who declared to being “de best” may not come out on top when he returns to the District ‘A’ Magistrate’ Court this Friday. When Jeffery O’neal Mayers, 42, of Thickets Land, St Philip went...
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It’s total madness, says Gollop
Veteran attorney Hal Gollop, QC, delivered a stinging attack on “bad practices” within the legal system today after his client was kept at HMP Dodds due to the absence of the magistrate hearing the...
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Where’s the justice?
Outspoken attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim, QC, today took another swipe at Barbados’ justice system as he made a strong appeal for the dismissal of two serious charges against one of his clients....
View ArticleDifferent tune
Contone could not sing his way out of prison when he appeared before a Bridgetown magistrate this afternoon. The calypsonian, whose real name is Derrick Anderson Anthony Brathwaite, will spend the next...
View ArticleMother forced to pay up after son is jailed in Guyana
He’s out on bail in two courts in Barbados, but Kyle Chad Archer’s luck ran out in Guyana recently. Now the mother of the #59 Bayview Avenue, Bayville, St Michael resident has to pay a hefty price to...
View ArticleArthur remanded on sex charge
A 24-year-old man was today remanded to prison after he was unable to secure a bail surety. Reuben Benjamin Arthur of Spooner’s Alley, Mason Hall Street, St Michael was not required to plead to the...
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Teen remanded after admitting to theft
A 19-year-old was remanded to HMP Dodds this afternoon after he pleaded guilty to theft. Shaquille Stephen Gibbons of Douglin Road, Carlton, Weston, St James admitted to stealing a wallet valued $80, a...
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Bail at last
After several bail applications and four months on remand, Ricky Kenneth Yearwood of 3rd Avenue Grazettes, St Michael, was finally granted his freedom today, but not without some stringent conditions....
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Cumberbatch faces gun, assault and drug charges
A 24-year-old unemployed man this evening began a 28-day stint at HMP Dodds after he appeared in a Bridgetown Court on gun, assault and drug charges. Akeem Jamaal Cumberbatch of 3rd Avenue Licorish...
View ArticleCarpenter accused of assaulting police
A 44-year-old carpenter was today placed on $2,500 bail after denying he assaulted two police officers. Standing in the dock before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court,...
View ArticleWorrell gets stay at Dodds for trespassing
A man who was unable to give a valid reason for being on the property of his ex-girlfriend’s mother, will spend the night in jail. When he went before Magistrate Douglas Frederick this afternoon, Mikal...
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