Landscaper takes out his anger on tenant’s home
A 27-year-old landscaper who damaged the house he was renting has one month to repay his landlord. Peter Augustus Lewis of Manchester Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael admitted before Magistrate Douglas...
View Article‘Cannabis tea’ costs Clarke $15,000
A man who claimed that he was using cannabis tea to treat his skin cancer has been released after spending a week on remand. Cleveland Ernesta Clarke of Dover Crescent, Cave Hill, St Michael was caught...
View ArticleWoman accused of assaulting man
A 30-year-old painter, who is accused of assault, has been released on $2,500 bail with one surety. Appearing before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Tuesday,...
View ArticleShot down
Police are investigating a gruesome murder, which occurred just after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Goddard Road, St Stephen’s Hill, St Michael. Lawmen are yet to release the name of the victim. However, when...
View ArticleMore wait
Hearing of the lawsuit brought against the State by former murder accused Frank Errol Gibson is yet to get started. At the last sitting of the case in the No. 8 Supreme Court, Madam Justice Pamela...
View ArticleAccused men granted bail on fraud charges
Attorney-at-law Ajamu Boardi was Wednesday able to persuade a Bridgetown magistrate that his 39-year-old client should be released on bail, despite strong objections from a prosecutor that he be...
View ArticleSon’s turn
Chequan Rashad Austin looked set to begin another 28 days on remand at HMP Dodds Wednesday, after the police prosecutor renewed his objections to bail and gave new reasons why he should not be...
View ArticleAlleged burglar gets chance to prove himself
Magistrate Douglas Frederick gave an alleged burglar “the benefit of the doubt” Thursday after the accused pleaded for a chance to prove himself. Davion Renaldo Davidson Layne of Waldrond Village,...
View ArticleHairdresser and bartender on theft charges
Two women who allegedly stole over $7,000 from another were granted bail after appearing in a Bridgetown court Thursday. Shonia Toina Alicia Mottley, a 32-year-old hairdresser, and Nariba Davine...
View ArticleHang them
Shattered by the gruesome killing of two of his constituents, Member of Parliament for St George South Dwight Sutherland wants the killer or killers to hang. Sutherland was a close friend and business...
View Article‘I felt betrayed’
A 39-year-old man who “sprayed” his girlfriend and her lover with kerosene oil after finding them in his bed has been granted bail. Royon Royden James of Savannah Road, Bush Hall, St Michael pleaded...
View ArticleLabourer accused of threatening to kill woman
A 53-year-old labourer was Tuesday remanded to Dodds prison until July 7 after he was unable to find someone to post bail on his behalf. It is alleged that Anthony Seymour Gay of Bydes Mill, St George...
View ArticleBeckles convicted of sacrilege
A 53-year-old man who last year appealed for a High Court pardon after admitting to sacrilege has been sentenced to ten years behind bars. However, Roderick Willrow Beckles of no fixed place of abode...
View ArticleBoyce released after three years behind bars
A St Michael man was granted his freedom Tuesday after spending three years and 253 days on remand at HMP Dodds. Madam Justice Michelle Weekes handed down the sentence to Royston Delon Boyce of 2nd...
View ArticleCanadians know their fate tomorrow
Two Canadian men will know their fates Wednesday after pleading guilty to several drug offences committed at one of this country’s main ports of entry. Austin Clifford Acheson, 22, and Elvis Hermiz,...
View ArticleMail trouble
A porter who is charged with committing an offence under the Post Office Act was granted $5,000 bail after appearing in a Bridgetown court Wednesday. It is alleged that last year, 33-year-old Jamal...
View ArticleJailed for stealing visitor’s bag
It may not be the home Michael Anthony Brathwaite was hoping for, but that’s what HMP Dodds will be for the next ten months. Brathwaite, who has no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to stealing a...
View ArticleGamble on gun and drug charges
An unemployed man got an automatic 28-day stay at HMP Dodds Wednesday after appearing in a Bridgetown Court on gun, ammunition and other charges. Jabari Kenrico Gamble of Lot 1, St Paul’s Avenue,...
View ArticleAlonzo gets bail on assault charge
A 23-year-old assault accused was released on $3,000 bail Wednesday after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that Welton Wayne Alonzo, of King Street, St Michael,...
View ArticleThird man held
A third man alleged to have been involved in the murder of Michael Omar Edwards earlier this year, was remanded to HMP Dodds Thursday. Jason Ainsley Wilson, a 35-year-old proprietor of #58 Wildey...
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