Woman breaks down in court after being refused bail
A 36-year-old woman, who absconded from court on a 2014 charge, has been held in connection with another offence. Kaliah Kizzy Latoya Foster, of no fixed place of abode, was placed on $2,000 bail...
View ArticleSerial burglar
A 23-year-old man, who is known for breaking into houses, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Kemar Dorian Clarke of Ashby Alley, Nelson Street, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleJamaican hairdresser sent off to Dodds
A 21-year-old Jamaican hairdresser, who is accused of importing two kilos of cannabis into Barbados, has been remanded to Dodds prison. Patricia Stephanie Rose of No.2 Springfield Road, Morant Bay, St...
View ArticleSmith to get help with drug habit
A 20-year-old man was today transferred from HMP Dodds to the Psychiatric Hospital for an assessment. On Wednesday, Antonio Daren Smith of Spruce Street, The City, St Michael pleaded guilty to...
View ArticlePlease release me, begs Grimes
After suggesting that he was not worried about the consequences of refusing to perform 140 hours of community service, a 20-year-old man returned to court today begging for a second chance after...
View ArticleWatson to issue apology to Govt minister Michael Lashley
Omar Shawn Watson, of Maxwell, Christ Church, has agreed to issue a public apology to Minister of Transport Michael Lashley. Watson, who first appeared in court back in November 2014 charged with the...
View ArticleTrotman sent up for a night
A 31-year-old man, who was recorded as having no fixed place of abode, will spend the night at HMP Dodds after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on two drug related charges. Chavon...
View ArticleHazel pleads guilty to drug charge
A 22-year-old man,who pleaded guilty to having cocaine paraphernalia in his possession, has been remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital. Police found the apparatus – a bottle which was cracked at the...
View ArticleHaynes denies charge of assault
A 30-year-old St Michael man, who is accused of two serious offences, has been released on $7,000 bail. Paul Michael Nathaniel Haynes of Block 1C, Boundary Road today denied assaulting Coris Welch on...
View ArticleTwo many wives
A 47-year-old St Philip man has been fined $7,500, payable in three months time, after he admitted back in March to committing bigamy. Curtis Cadogan of 277 Emerald Park West pleaded guilty to taking...
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Million dollar case
The trial of a clerical officer, accused of stealing over a million dollars belonging to the Psychiatric Hospital, is currently underway in the High Court. The Crown is currently presenting its case...
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Father did not ‘willfully’ cause son’s death
Dave Anthony Searles has been found not guilty of willfully exposing his five-month-old son Ethan in a manner likely to cause injury to his health. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant handed down the...
View ArticleGlenn learns the hard way
Calling him a “seasoned and unbending” criminal, Justice Jacqueline Cornelius today sentenced a 50-year-old St Michael man to eight years behind bars on firearm, ammunition and cannabis charges....
View ArticleMan admits to cutting cop with a razor
Presentencing and psychiatric reports have been ordered on a 54-year-old man who today confessed to wounding a police officer two years ago. When Richard Carmichael Best of St Stephen’s Hill, St...
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Court reserves judgment in case against Chief Justice
The Court of Appeal today reserved judgment in a case against the island’s top judge, filed by Queen’s Counsel Vernon Smith. Smith, through his attorney Hal Gollop, QC, is asking the three member...
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‘My head was hot’
A 24-year-old cashier, who has been embroiled in an ongoing feud with a co-worker, is expected to know her fate on Friday. Nikiesha Latonya Taylor-Gittens of Harmony Hall, St Lawrence, Christ Church...
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Clarke and Smith suffer different fates
A 50-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to robbery. Junior Winston Decourcey Clarke of Marshall Gap, New Orleans, St Michael, had earlier admitted to...
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Mechanic accused of sex crime
A 47-year-old mechanic, charged with committing an act of serious indecency against an underage girl, was today granted bail in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Lennox Vincent Maynard of Hinds...
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Man accused of committing indecent act against another
“I never did commit such a crime,” was the plea yesterday of a St Michael man, charged with serious indecency. George Lamar McLawerence of 7th Avenue, Skeete’s Road, The Ivy, allegedly committed the...
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Parris released on bail
A 48-year-old painter was today released on $8,000 bail after he denied a charge of assault. Derrick Dacosta Parris of No.4 Well Gap, Cave Hill, St Michael is accused of committing the offence against...
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