Body found in shallow grave
Police are currently investigating the discovery of a body believed to be that of a man buried in a shallow grave at Bayfield, St Philip. The body was found in a canefield. More to follow. Source
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Forensic experts are trying to identify a body discovered in a shallow grave in a cane field at Bayfield, St Philip, this afternoon. Public Relations Officer of the Royal Barbados Police Force Acting...
View ArticleFamily feud
Five people – including four women – have pleaded not guilty to causing a disturbance and have each been granted bail in the amount of $8,000. This follows an altercation between two families on...
View ArticlePrescod accused of beating ex-girlfriend
Jumar Conway Prescod’s fate will be determined when he returns to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on June 2. The Quarry Road, Bank Hall, St Michael man admitted beating his former girlfriend on May...
View ArticleHinds denies assaulting his brother
Two St Michael men were granted bail after appearing before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday on unrelated charges. Leslie Deroy Hinds of #25 Golden Acre, St Stephen’s Hill denied...
View ArticleAlleyne denies abusive behaviour
A man accused of engaging in abusive behaviour in the presence of Magistrate Graveney Bannister on May 7 was granted bail today when he reappeared in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court. Paul Dwight...
View ArticleHusband admits to tearing up wife’s traffic ticket
A 32-year-old man has been found guilty of assaulting a traffic warden. As a result, Jamal Anwar Randy Griffith of Warners Gardens, Christ Church was given two weeks to pay $150 in cost. During the...
View ArticleAlleged kidnapper arrested
Whatever the reason was for Javon Fabian Yearwood’s presence in the courtyard yesterday, chances are he did not go there to be arrested. However, that was exactly what happened after the complainant in...
View ArticleBynoe’s ‘confession’
Jurors in the Campus Trendz murder trial today heard a very detailed statement which the accused, Jamar Bynoe, allegedly gave to police. They also saw video footage recorded during the time the Tudor...
View ArticleCox accused of stealing over $60,000 from Crown
A Canewood Road, Jackson, St Michael man appeared in a Bridgetown Court earlier today, charged with stealing over $60,000 from the Crown. Patrick Charles Cox was not required to plead to either of the...
View ArticleDJ admits to having offensive weapon
A disc jockey admitted to a Bridgetown court today that he was on Tudor Street yesterday selling alcoholic beverages without being licensed to do so. Baywoods, St James resident Jason Ricardo Omar...
View ArticleInjured cop makes appeal
He is listed among the recent victims of rising gun crime. And what injured police officer Jonathan Barrow wants more than anything else is for this island to see the back of the recent worrying...
View ArticleJessamy on laundering, drug charges
An unemployed man went before a Bridgetown court earlier today on seven charges. Kimar Hasif Jessamy, 31, of #15 Husbands New Development, St Michael, could not plead to the offence of...
View ArticleMother and son charged with assaulting five-year-old
Keep away from Deacon’s Primary School! That was the warning which Bridgetown magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant gave to a 16-year-old accused who went before her today on a charge of assaulting a...
View ArticleDouble blow
Though too young to fully grasp the gravity of a family tragedy which occurred over the weekend, two St Michael siblings – five-year-old Danae and three-year-old Danea Lovell – today face the harsh...
View ArticleBirthday plea
It may have been one of his birthday wishes but 27-year-old Derick Alphonso John will have to return to court on Thursday to learn his fate. The prosecutor and defence lawyer for John, who has been on...
View ArticleSoldier reprimanded
A soldier who found himself on the wrong side of the law for assault, was set free today. Brian O’Neal Browne, 28, of Eastbourne, St Philip, was charged yesterday with occasioning Kimberley Stuart...
View ArticleMaid charged with forging cheque
Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius today ordered a pre-sentencing report on a 32-year-old maid who is currently on remand at HMP Dodds for fraud. Rosalind Patricia Alleyne of Collington Drive, Crane,...
View ArticleToothache holds up Campus Trendz trial
The absence of a juror in the Campus Trendz murder trial today forced an adjournment of the case in Court No. 2 of the Supreme Court. The case against Jamar Dewayne Bynoe will now resume tomorrow at...
View ArticleLesbian relationship turns sour
Kerreon Ishane Kelly, a Jamaican national, was remanded to HMP Dodds again today, after presiding judge, Justice Jacqueline Cornelius, ordered a presentencing report of her case. Kelly, 25, of Barkers...
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