Two get bail on sex charges
Two men – one a teenager – are out on bail after appearing in a Bridgetown court charged with separate sex offences. Shawn Jermaine Sobers, of Round Rock, Silver Sands, Christ Church, was not required...
View ArticleHope admits to drug charges
Magistrate Douglas Fredrick has ordered a pre-sentencing report into the life of a 41-year-old mason who admitted Monday to several drug offences. Basco McArthur Hope, of Skeete’s Road, Jackman’s, St...
View ArticleHairdresser facing drug charges
A 36-year-old hairdresser is out on bail after appearing in a Bridgetown Court today charged with several drug offences. Rochelle Diana Gill, of Accommodation Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, is accused of...
View ArticleStepped up fight
He was recently unsuccessful in his bid to get the court to overturn the planned dismissal of Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell. However, attorney-at-law Gregory Nicholls will be hoping that the...
View ArticleThief confused
He was found guilty of stealing a $30,000 vehicle today, but Martley Holder is convinced that verdict was a miscarriage of justice. And when Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius ordered a pre-sentencing...
View ArticleMan jailed for stealing from workplace
A 27-year-old man who admitted to stealing from his former employer was today sentenced to six months behind bars. Jamar Lynch of Lakes Corner, St Andrew pleaded guilty before Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticlePile a free man
A Water Street, Christ Church man walked out of the Supreme Court complex a free man today after the complainant in his case failed to give evidence. The trial of Kelvin Orlando Pile, who was charged...
View ArticleAccused men without sureties end up in jail
Two men charged with separate offences were remanded to HMP Dodds today after they were unable to present sureties to post bail on their behalf. Corey Andre Agard, of Tudor Bridge Main Road, St...
View ArticleFifth time unlucky
A 42-year-old man ran out of chances when he appeared in a Bridgetown court Wednesday charged with possession of counterfeit money – his fifth such charge in as many years. John Nathaniel Bancroft, of...
View ArticleMan accused of robbing tourists remanded
Prosecutor Station Sergeant Neville Watson today successfully argued for a 22-year-old man who allegedly committed two offences that could have serious implications for the country’s bread and butter...
View ArticleBail bind
A Bridgetown magistrate today chastised a 26-year-old man after he failed to comply with a bail condition imposed by the High Court, which has now landed him in jail. James Ricardo Alexander Fields, of...
View ArticleGeorge facing three burglary charges
A 31-year-old man who is already on remand at HMP Dodds for a previous offence will stay there for the time being. Marlon Omar George, who is recorded as having no fixed place of abode, appeared before...
View ArticleLandscaper can’t pay fines, so must do time
A landscaper who committed several traffic offences will spend his first night at HMP Dodds after he was unable to pay $1,700 in court-imposed fines. Raphael Dwayne Roberts, of Lower Wavell, Black...
View ArticleFriendship turns sour
A fisherman wasted no time Friday in admitting that he hit his friend in an altercation over a bicycle. “I did struck him, Sir!” Ian Adrian Rollins of Hinkson Land, Goodland, St Michael declared in the...
View ArticleCharged for drugs, jailed for fine
A 53-year-old man who appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Friday on a drug charge ended up at HMP Dodds for a totally different reason. Phillip Livingston King, of Lennox Avenue, Goodland,...
View ArticleVictor freed of robbery charge
An unemployed man was granted his freedom Friday after the robbery charge against him was dropped. Marvin Marcus Victor, 29, of Airy Hill St George, walked out of the No.1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’...
View ArticleLesson learnt
Three St Michael young men who appeared in a Bridgetown court charged with breaking into a school for children with disabilities two years ago, today told a magistrate that they had turned their lives...
View ArticleBullen in jail for next 15 months
He first failed to convince the police of his reason for being at an unoccupied house when he was arrested over the weekend. And Michael Fernando Bullen of Bank Hall Main Road, St Michael was again...
View ArticleChef charged with stealing Chicken Barn money
A 37-year-old chef is out on $24,000 bail after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today on a theft charge. Malcolm Azyrel Naliome, of Lot 22 Hope Road, St Lucy, was not required to plead...
View ArticleHolder remanded on gun and wounding charges
A 22-year-old man has been remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in court on gun and wounding charges today. Kadeem Pierre Holder of #18 York Terrace, Pinelands, St Michael is facing charges of using a...
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