Streeks denies assaulting police
Stephen Antonio Streeks was granted bail after pleading not guilty to assaulting a police officer. When he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court this afternoon, the 38-year-old unemployed man...
View ArticleComplainant fed up with delay, drops case
Kimberly Ellis got so frustrated with the long delay in the court system that she decided to drop her case against Mario Deangelo Parris in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court. Parris, 24, of #99 F,...
View ArticleBiker on bail
For the first time in over four months, Darius Allan Ramsammy will be able to hit the racetrack on his bicycle. The young cyclist was finally granted bail by Magistrate Douglas Frederick when he...
View ArticleSix months for Marville
A man who not only resisted, but also assaulted two police officers as they tried to arrest him, will spend the next four months behind bars as punishment. Magistrate Douglas Frederick handed down a...
View ArticleGollop mum on NUPW criticisms
Chairman of the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) Hal Gollop, QC, has refused to be drawn into a debate with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) about the Tribunal’s effectiveness. NUPW...
View ArticleHomeless man pleads guilty to trespassing
The Psychiatric Hospital will be home to Kirt Oneal Washington for the next three weeks after he pleaded guilty to trespassing on the property of a Good Samaritan. The 20-year-old of Lewis Gap Green...
View Article‘Smoking helps my asthma’
Rodney Sylvester Babb will have to perform 80 hours of community service after admitting to having cannabis in his possession yesterday. The 38-year-old general worker of Paradise Road, Spooners Hill,...
View ArticleATM skimmers remanded again
The two Europeans charged with an ATM scam have been remanded to prison again. Bulgarian Anton Tihomirov Nedev, 25, and 39-year-old Ukrainian Ruslan Vladimirovich Leskev were remanded to HMP Dodds...
View ArticlePreliminary inquiry into Knight’s killing begins
The preliminary inquiry in the case against policeman Everton Gittens began in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today. Gittens, of Dash Gap, Bank Hall, St Michael is charged with the March 15, 2015...
View ArticleCamo convict back in court
Just one day after being fined $1,500 for being in possession of camouflage, Winston Charles Griffith was back before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court. This time,...
View ArticleDad freed
After eight long months in prison, Nathaniel Renaldo Robinson was finally able to walk out of the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court without handcuffs and foot shackles. Much to his relief, Robinson, who...
View ArticleLabourer denies wounding charge
A labourer who pleaded not guilty to a wounding charge will have to return to court on May 31 after he was granted bail today. Sumunguru Mugomansakan-kan Moore, 36, of Belleview Gap, Station Hill, St...
View ArticleDeane ordered to keep the peace
Despite being kicked out of Verdun House, Ronald Dacosta Deane was shown some leniency by Magistrate Douglas Frederick. The 49-year-old unemployed man of no fixed place of abode was put on a bond to...
View ArticleBourne warned to stay away from prison
He tried to slip into a nightclub with cannabis, but Hakeem Alphonso Bourne had better not slip up for the next year. If he does, he will find himself behind bars for three months. The 19-year-old...
View ArticleDon Blackman granted bail
Don Alvin Blackman will have to return to court in just over two months to face two charges. When he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick today, the 43-year-old proprietor from Greenfield, St...
View ArticleBennett owns up to stealing potatoes
Acting Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch sentenced a St John man to 18 months in jail today, after he confessed to five counts of stealing sweet potatoes from two St Philip plantations. Ian Emmerson...
View ArticleDrug trafficker blames skin disorder
Corey Ramont Jordan learnt today that selling marijuana to pay the doctor for medical services is not the way to go. Jordan, 35, went before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘A’...
View ArticleTwo face separate charges of assault
A man and a woman were granted bail in separate matters when they went before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court earlier today. Shaneka Crystal Kyesha Nicholls, of Rose Hill, Kendal Hill, Christ...
View ArticleFor peace sake!
After pleading guilty last Monday to assaulting his wife, Henderson Obrian Lorde was placed on an 18-month bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. Additionally, if he does not attend...
View ArticleGrant looks forward to Dodds
A 22-year-old man was seemingly overjoyed today at the thought of going to jail for the next six months as a relative openly wept in the courtyard. “I gine up there and eat some food and get big, big...
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