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Change of heart
Five weeks into his trial and three attorneys later, Dwayne Marlon Alexion Drakes changed his plea to guilty. The Kew Land, Redman’s Village, St Thomas resident had previously denied having an...
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‘Unsung Hero’
Attorney-at-law David Comissiong made a sterling mitigation this morning on behalf of a man who admitted having a spliff some time ago. In addressing the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court, the lawyer said...
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‘You should be in school’
It was probably his small stature and childlike features that prompted Magistrate Douglas Frederick to ask him his age and what he was doing inside a dock. Frederick was at the time speaking to Giovani...
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Jamaican woman remanded
Jamaican national Albenda Chrisal Aldeen Dwyer has been arrested and charged with a number of drug offences. According to police spokesman David Welch, Dwyer arrived on the island by air from Jamaica...
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Guyanese teen on assault charge
Guyanese teenager was remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court earlier today. He is Darius Alan Ramsammy, 18, of Belleview Gap, Waterford, St Michael. He pleaded not...
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Love triangle
It was a story of love, betrayal, deception and a child born out of wedlock. Although it sounds like a script from a Hollywood movie, it refers to the facts of a case, which ended up before the law...
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Accused man shot himself in the foot
A presentencing report has been ordered on a man who pleaded guilty to a robbery and a firearm offence before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius in the No. 5 Supreme Court on Thursday. That man was Jamal...
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Lauriston goes on trial for shooting at cops
The trial of a man accused of shooting at three policemen began in the No. 5 Supreme Court today before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius. Steve Lauriston of Crick Hill, St James is facing three counts of...
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No show
Business in High Court No. 2 did not get off the ground this morning because there was no prosecutor. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Donna Babb-Agard, QC, who was prosecuting in that court, was...
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Landscaper caught holding fake notes
After hearing a bail application by the attorney for a man accused of having two forged $50 notes, Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant denied him bail. John Nathaniel Bancroft, of Odessa McClean Road, My...
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Court reserves judgment in BHL matter
On a day when SLU Beverages Limited (SLU) hiked its share offer price for Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) above that of its rival ANSA McAL, legal teams from both sides and other interests in the bidding...
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Not this Brathwaite
When Michael Anthony Brathwaite returned before Magistrate Douglas Frederick yesterday, he was adamant that he should only be facing one charge and not three. Brathwaite, who is currently on remand,...
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Teen owns up to damaging car
On November 19, a teenager threw a rock and damaged the rear window of a car driven by the boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend. That action will now cost Akeem Antonio Jabar Cooke more than $1 300. Cooke...
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‘Cocaine eases my bowels’, says drug accused
Whether cocaine gives him a good bowel movement or not, Stanton Alfred Savoy McClean was told yesterday to desist from using it. The Lower Black Rock, St Michael man pleaded guilty to having a small...
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A Barbados Coast Guard soldier, who was charged with using insubordinate language to a superior officer, was freed this afternoon only after about ten minutes of deliberations by a three-member court...
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Man cuffs pregnant partner
A man who cuffed his pregnant girlfriend has been placed on a bond to keep the peace for six months. Failing to do so, Tonio Thelston Garnes will spend three months in prison. Magistrate Douglas...
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Two men ordered to stay away from each other
Two charges have arisen out of an incident, which took place at a Bridgetown shopping mall on December 2. Security officer Noel Morgan, 55, of 2nd Avenue Peterkin’s Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, has...
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Victim must use eye drops for life
By March 25 next year, a ZR driver who hit another in the face with a plastic bottle of cran-water will know exactly how much compensation he has to pay the victim. McDonald Tyrone Lascelles, of 33 St...
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Skeete caught with ‘black’ bag
The contents of a presentencing report will determine whether Mark Ricardo Skeete gets a custodial sentence when he returns to court on February 19. Skeete, of 4th Avenue Well Gap, Cave Hill, St...
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Car washer gets six months
The last time Terry Alfonzo Herbert appeared in court, he was sent to the Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation. Today, the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court heard that he was now fit to plead and he did...
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