Guyanese admit to trafficking drugs
High Court judge Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius has ordered pre-sentencing reports into the lives of two non-nationals who Monday pleaded guilty to several drug charges. Coco Profitt and Paul...
View ArticleBehave or else, man told
A 28-year-old man has been ordered to keep the peace and be on his best behaviour for the next three months. If Shane Oneal Thompson does not comply with that order handed down by Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleDomino effect
A 41-year-old woman has been ordered to stay away from her victim after she pleaded guilty to assaulting a man following a game of dominoes. Nicole Odessa Blackman, a resident of Block 5A Neptune Road,...
View ArticleBail for Brathwaite and Hurley
Two men who appeared in a Bridgetown court Tuesday, accused of separate offences, have been released on bail. Michael Anthony Brathwaite of Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael is charged with...
View ArticleRepeat offender jailed for break-ins
A Christ Church man will spend the next three years at HMP Dodds after pleading guilty to burglarizing a house and stealing over $3,000 worth of items. Kishmar De Carlos Hall, of 4th Avenue Harts Gap,...
View ArticleGun accused remanded
An unemployed man from Bartlett’s Tenantry, Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church has been remanded to jail for the next 28 days on five serious charges. Rodney Junior Romario Rogers, 22, is accused of...
View ArticleStudent ordered to do community service
A 22-year-old student will have to find time in his timetable to complete 80 hours of community service. Magistrate Douglas Frederick imposed the order on Andre Tremayne Williams, of #21 6th Avenue...
View ArticleBernard remanded on gun charges
An unemployed St Michael man was today remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on gun, ammunition and other related charges. Shamar Sylvester Bernard of Licorish...
View ArticleGuilty
Two men yesterday pleaded guilty to committing aggravated burglary, five years after they were charged with the offence. Tyson Leon Edwards of #82, Casuarina Drive, Warners, Christ Church and Alvin...
View ArticleBrathwaite faces time for indecently assaulting teen
Principal Crown Council Elwood Watts has made it clear that schoolgirls must be allowed to commute on the island’s public transport system “without being violated by adult men”. He issued the warning...
View ArticleCleaner accused of stealing $29,000
A 24-year-old cleaner who is facing a theft charge will spend the next 28 days on remand while she awaits a trial. Lori-Ann Lasonta Culpepper of Venture #1, St John is accused of stealing $29, 000 in...
View ArticleOfficer charged
A Special Constable was Thursday granted bail on assault and theft charges despite objections from a police prosecutor who said there was a need to protect the alleged female victim in the matter....
View ArticleJealousy lands man behind bars
A 55-year-old St Michael man who was warned last October to stay out of trouble for six months is now in jail after breaching the order by committing the same offence – assaulting his girlfriend. Ruel...
View ArticlePSV driver’s bad traffic record stuns magistrate
Magistrate Douglas Frederick today questioned why a PSV driver was still able to operate on the roads of Barbados after amassing what seemed like the “most records for traffic violations”. Paul Alleyne...
View ArticleHeavy price
A surety had to pay a hefty price in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today when the accused man she posted bail for failed to appear. Andrew Theodore Springer of Lodge Hill, St Michael is accused...
View ArticleHinds admits to 2014 killing
Two men – one accused of killing a former drinking buddy, and the other charged with indecently assaulting a minor – admitted to their crimes when they went before the High Court today. Hammond...
View ArticleSt Michael man denies handling stolen property
A 35-year-old driver who made his first appearance before a Bridgetown court today has denied a charge of handling stolen property. Randy Alex Haley Durrant, of White Hall #1, St Michael, is accused of...
View ArticleMan jailed for stealing from store
A 37-year-old man has been transferred from the Psychiatric Hospital to HMP Dodds to serve a nine-month sentence for theft. Corey Rondell Tull, of no fixed place of abode, recently admitted to stealing...
View ArticleNot this time!
A special constable who was granted a second set of bail last week is now at HMP Dodds on remand after returning to court Monday to face new charges, including one involving the same woman whom he was...
View ArticleContone ready to change his tune
Jailed entertainer Contone wants to clean up his act and be ready to release new music for the upcoming Crop Over season. As such, he made a request Monday in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court to be...
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