Thief caught
A repeat offender was today sentenced to nine months behind bars for theft. Damien Debarge Wilkinson, 31, of Jordan’s Lane, The City, recently pleaded guilty to entering Astride Leon’s house on...
View ArticleEx-inmate on bail for threatening prison officer
A 40-year-old man who previously spent time behind bars, appeared in court on Tuesday charged with threatening the life of a prison officer. Monty Augustin Clarke of Silver Hill, Christ Church appeared...
View ArticleRestaurant brawl lands Clarke in Dodds
A St Michael man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for robbing and wounding a Guyanese man during a fight at the Lucky Horseshoe Restaurant in December last year. Junior Winston Clarke, 47, of...
View ArticleBrewster’s pleas for help unanswered
A 38-year-old Christ Church man will spend nine months at HMP Dodds for theft and drug-related offences. Sean Christopher Ian Brewster of Bartlett Tenantry, Sargeant’s Village was sentenced by...
View ArticleDeadly transaction
Two witnesses testified today when the murder trial of Damien Lecoursey Reveira continued today. Reveira, 27, of 4th Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael, is accused of the October 9, 2010 murder of...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in drug case
Patrick Anderson Brathwaite will know his fate in three weeks, after being found guilty of drug possession and trafficking today. A seven-member jury took just over an hour to return the verdicts after...
View ArticleSalesman caught with marijuana
A 24-year-old salesman has two months to come up with $1,000 if he wants to avoid a prison stint. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant imposed the fine on Amory Lennie Rey Smith, who is originally from...
View ArticleWoman on $10,000 bail
A St Michael woman will return to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on April 21 after she was granted bail on a serious bodily harm charge today. Shanika Gelissa Husbands, of 1st Avenue Grazettes,...
View ArticleFarmer fined for cannabis
A farmer will have to toil for $1,000 during the next two months if he wants to avoid spending time at HMP Dodds. Tyrone St Alywn Franklyn, 37, of Venture #3, St John, today pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleI’m sorry
A joiner charged with slashing the face of his son’s mother more than two years ago, now says he wishes he could turn back the hands of time. Cuthbert Joseph of 1st Avenue, Beckles Hill, St Michael...
View ArticleGo-between in gun sale testifies
The murder trial of Damien Lecoursey Reveira entered its third day with Principal Crown Counsel Elwood Watts calling three more witnesses to the stand. Reveira, 27, of 4th Avenue, New Orleans, St...
View ArticleBeach disturbance lands two before court
Two men charged with causing a disturbance at the Dover Beach facility faced different fates today. Andrew Ricardo Turney, 38, of Coverley Land, Christ Church and Romario Antonio Walcott, 21, of Bamboo...
View ArticleHolder goes up for seven years
Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius has given a man who had no fixed place of abode somewhere to stay for at least another six and a half years. She imposed a seven-year prison term on Robert Hamilton...
View ArticleInexcusable!
“Wholly unacceptable.” That’s how High Court judge Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius Tuesday described the “upsurge of young males . . . attempting to usurp the role of law enforcement officials” in...
View ArticleBlackman gets bail for assault charge
A 44-year-old man was granted bail Tuesday afternoon after appearing before a Bridgetown Court on an assault charge. Don Alvin Blackman of Field’s Gap, Greenfield, St Michael is accused of unlawfully...
View ArticleMascoll apologizes and awaits sentence
If a Christ Church man could live his life all over again, he says he would do things differently. Shurland Andre Mascoll of Packers Valley, St Patricks expressed that sentiment Tuesday as he...
View ArticleHe was a good son, says mother of murder victim
The mother of the late Anderson Ashby says while her child was “not perfect” he was a “good son”. Margo Ashby’s declaration came Tuesday as the trial of Damien Lecoursey Reveira, 27, alias Poopman, who...
View ArticleGuilty plea
A Vincentian-born man has admitted to indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl back in 2015. Joseph Augustin Cummings appeared before Madam Justice Michelle Weekes this morning in the No. 2 Supreme...
View ArticleBrother of murder victim testifies about gun deal
A man who watched his older brother die when an alleged gun deal went horribly wrong, today gave details of what occurred on the night six years ago. Christopher Ashby gave evidence in the murder trial...
View ArticleTeen admits to burglary
An 18-year-old was today remanded to HMP Dodds pending sentencing, after pleading guilty to burglary. Joreon Revaldo Cumberbatch, of Yearwood Road, Black Rock, St Michael, admitted to Magistrate...
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