Mankad runs out of luck
A Guyanese visitor known only as Mankad has been remanded to HMP Dodds for the next 28 days on an indecent assault charge. The 47-year-old vendor who lives at an apartment in Pine Road, St Michael...
View ArticleSupreme Court announces crime fighting scheme
Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson is hoping that by taking a shot at drug addiction he can help reduce the number of gun crimes here. Sir Marston this morning announced a series of measures aimed at...
View ArticleInjured Vincentian sent home
A cutlass wielding Vincentian who sustained several injuries was today handed over to immigration authorities for his own safety. Nekeila Ivan Durrant, 21, who lived at School Gap, Hindsbury Road, St...
View ArticleAttorney’s bail plea fails
Acting Magistrate Sandra Rawlins has remanded two Bayville, St Michael men to prison for the next 28 days, despite strong arguments from Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim against their incarceration....
View ArticlePainter gets $4,000 bail on wounding charge
Wounding accused Wendell DaCosta Ward was granted $4,000 bail when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today. The 58-year-old painter from Neils Tenantry, Belle Gully, St Michael is...
View ArticleDeflated
A 32-year-old general worker, who damaged two tyres on the vehicle a female friend got a ride in with another man, is expected to know his fate tomorrow. Appearing in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court...
View ArticleIntoxicated clerk fined for cuffing coworker
Kelven Omar Bennett of Parks Road, St Joseph admitted today that he “had in a lil drinks” when he cuffed his coworker in the eye for no apparent reason. The 24-year-old stock clerk returned to the...
View ArticleWoman accused of damaging car
A 26-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to one of two charges brought against her was granted bail today. Nikita Hettie Maria Brathwaite, a resident of Yearwood Road, Black Rock, St Michael, is accused...
View ArticleCaesar must pay drug fine
A 22-year-old unemployed man who pleaded guilty to several cannabis charges has six weeks to pay the District ‘A’ Traffic Court a $2,500 fine. Acting Magistrate Sandra Rawlins imposed the amount on...
View ArticleGuyanese man denies trespassing
A 25-year-old Guyanese national who arrived in the county as a child had to surrender his passport to a Bridgetown Court today after appearing on a trespassing charge. Andrew Martin Thomas, of 1st...
View ArticleFive men charged with murder of British national
Police are reporting a major breakthrough in their investigations into the murder of 49-year-old British businessman Steven Weare, who was reported missing last month. Lawmen have also confirmed that...
View ArticleFourth man charged with Kadooment Day shooting
Police have arrested and charged a fourth man in connection with the shooting incident along Spring Garden, St Michael on Kadooment Day in which 20-year-old Taried Rock was killed and several other...
View ArticleOff to Dodds
A teenager, charged in connection with the Kadooment Day shooting in which 20-year-old Taried Rock was killed and several other people injured, has joined three other accused men on remand at Dodds...
View ArticleStoute sent up for 28 days
A 20-year-old Christ Church man, charged with a number of offences under the Firearms Act, is to spend the next 28-days at HMP Dodds. Jaquan Janeil Rasheed Stoute, of Kendal Hill B, is accused of...
View ArticleWeekes and Phillips make bail
A 39-year-old St Michael woman was released on $2,500 bail after appearing in a Bridgetown court on a wounding charge. Patricia Meldonia Weekes of #17 Grant’s Avenue, Bayville pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleRoberts and Holder to undergo mental checks
A 50-year-old fruit vendor has been ordered to undergo an assessment at the Psychiatric Hospital over the next two weeks. Junior Abraham Stephen Roberts, of Stuarts Land, Fairfield, Black Rock, St...
View ArticleSerial thief gets bail
A 50-year-old serial thief who has been on remand since July for allegedly stealing $8,000 worth of alcohol from Pirate’s Cove had his spirit lifted today when secured his temporary freedom. Dennis...
View ArticleTaxi driver on theft charge
A 57-year-old taxi driver who appeared in court charged with two counts of theft has been released on bail with the condition that he stays away from his alleged victims and their property. Hallam...
View ArticleParty puffer
A Christ Church man today learned it was not wise to go partying while using illegal drugs, although he escaped prison. Thirty-one-year-old merchandiser Kenneth Marlon Curtis Hartley of No.4 Cane...
View ArticleFather’s plea
Forty-seven-year-old Paul Shurland Sandiford of 1st Avenue, Gills Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael was today ordered to keep the peace for the next 12 months or face the possibility of a $1,000 fine or...
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