Fabricated!
Murder accused, Jamar Dwayne Bynoe, today urged the jury which will determine his fate to join him “on an important journey . . . to the kingdom of truth”. “Mr Foreman and members of the jury, your...
View ArticleWillie owns up to drug charge
A St James landscaper was today granted $1,500 bail on a cannabis charge. Roger David Willie, 33, of #33 Orange Hill, pleaded not guilty to possessing the drug Wednesday. He appeared before Magistrate...
View ArticleChurch cans go missing
A number of garbage cans placed in the alleys and corners of Speightstown by a church group, in an effort to keep the area clean, have mysteriously disappeared. Rector of the St Peter’s Parish Church...
View ArticleTruck driver walks free of rape charge
A rape case involving a 38-year-old truck driver was dismissed in the No 1 District “A” Magistrate’s Court Thursday. In the 2013 matter, a St James man who was on $5,000 bail, was accused of having...
View ArticleMan throws stolen items into the sea
A 53-year-old St Michael man was today sentenced to two years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to stealing a number of items from a Christ Church supermarket. Bertram Russel Lynch, of Bank Hall...
View ArticleLast Lap promoters not aware of any gun incident
The promoters of last Saturday’s Last Lap event held at Kensington Oval are seeking to distance themselves from a video, which has been circulated on social media this week of two young men showing off...
View ArticleDeacons resident remanded on firearm charges
A young man who was detained by police over the weekend at Deacons Court, St Michael, was today remanded to HMP Dodds for the next month. Adigun Rabbi Hinds, 25, of Block 5A Madison Terrace, Deacons...
View ArticleMaughan answers for his ‘Bible’
City resident Peter Lee Maughan will be residing at HMP Dodds for the next six months. That sentence was handed down by a Bridgetown magistrate this afternoon after the 53-year-old man pleaded guilty...
View ArticleTwo men admit to stealing windows
Two men today entered the dock together charged with the same offence. However, one left the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court in the prison van while the other went home. Bernard St Elmo Simmons, 51, of...
View ArticleMan fights girlfriend’s sister
Jason DaCosta Mayers assaulted a woman three years ago. Today, when the matter concluded before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant, he was ordered to forfeit $740. Mayers, who resides at the corner of...
View ArticleUWI student on second rape charge
A 21-year-old University of the West Indies student was Monday placed on $10,000 bail after appearing in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on a rape charge. Shakir Jelani Sandiford of Weston, St...
View ArticleMore security checks at District ‘A’
Authorities are beefing up security on the precincts of the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on Coleridge Street, The City. The move comes after Shaquille Rachid Greenidge, 21, of Tudor Street, The...
View Article‘The child looks like me’, claims Spooner
A 23-year-old St Michael man was today remanded to HMP Dodds after pleading guilty to a wounding charge. Michael Eugene Kareem Spooner of Quarry Road, Eden Lodge appeared in the District “A”...
View ArticleMother warns son to stay off the blocks
“If you slip even once, I am not coming back!” That was the firm warning a frustrated mother gave to her 18-year-old son today in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court before agreeing to serve as a...
View ArticleYearwood pleads not guilty to assault
A St Michael man’s inability to produce an acceptable surety to the District “A” Magistrates’ Court to secure bail, landed him a one-month stay at HMP Dodds today as a remand prisoner. Earlier, Selvin...
View ArticleSinging the blues
A street character who asked a Bridgetown magistrate to grant him personal bail was remanded to HMP Dodds instead. Not only did Wayde Grant appear in the dock in dirty clothes, but littered the...
View ArticleReggae artiste accused of assaulting girlfriend’s sister
An entertainer who said he recently sang at Reggae on the Hill was granted $3 000 bail today and ordered to return to court on July 15. When Shawn Andre Orlando Forde, 26, of Canefield, St Thomas...
View ArticleMan admits to beating girlfriend
“She is entitled to associate with whomever she wants to associate with,” Magistrate Douglas Frederick told a Christ Church man who confessed to beating his ex-girlfriend earlier today. Kofi Roosevelt...
View ArticleTiler throws spliff through neighbour’s window
Henderson Leroy Farrell was hanging out at Gills Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael on Monday when he was approached by police and threw a marijuana cigarette which he had through a neighbour’s window. Today,...
View ArticleThree men charged with affray
Three men appeared in court today charged with the offence of affray which occurred on Saturday on Swan Street, Bridgetown. Shawn Cecil Harding, 39, of Hinkson Land, White Hall St Michael; Damien Omar...
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