Category: Court

A 24-year-old beach vendor, who pleaded guilty to assaulting a visitor, began a six-month sentence at HMP Dodds today. Shaquan Akeem Prosper, of Belair, St Philip, admitted before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant to assaulting Madeline Whiffen on April 14. According to the prosecutor Whiffen and a friend were at a bar in Dover, Christ Church, around […]

A 27-year-old man, who allegedly assaulted and insulted two members of the Royal Barbados Police Force, appeared in a Bridgetown court today to answer those charges. Roy Mac Rogers, of Hill Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, pleaded not guilty to using the insulting words “wanna is bear f****** idiots” to constables Ramon Rice and Shamari […]

A 47-year-old carpenter, accused of having cannabis in his possession on Wednesday, has been grant $1,500 bail. Selwyn Oswald Collymore, of Block 9A, Wotton Terrace, Christ Church, pleaded not guilty to having the illegal substance in his possession when he appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today. He returns to the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ […]

A senior police officer today testified that the cellular phone found in the possession of an alleged robber belonged to Canadian diplomat Dr Nicole Giles. However, while Giles’ husband Brian was recorded in an earlier police statement as saying that the stolen device was a Samsung, the No. 5 Supreme Court heard today that the […]

A 39-year-old landscaper who was found with over $68, 000 worth of cannabis in and around his home will spend the next 18 months in prison. When Alvin Anthony Squires, of Sealy Hall, St John, appeared before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch on Tuesday he pleaded guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply, possession with […]

A 54-year-old accused robber has been remanded to prison until May 16. Junior Nathanial Beckles, of Combermere Street, St Michael, is charged with robbing Tyrone Beckles on April 17 of BDS$800 and US$56 in cash; a $500 cellular phone and an $80 watch. Today, the prosecutor, Sergeant Samuel Hinds, objected to bail despite the accused […]

A 52-year-old man, who confessed to having cocaine paraphernalia in his pocket, will know his fate in 28 days. David Alleyne Pryme, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to having a metal scrapper in his possession while on Villa Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael earlier today. Pryme, who was already on $3,000 bail […]

An apology to his sister was not enough to save 20-year-old Atsu Kehinde Tese Jones, of Kendall Hill, Christ Church, from spending 12 months behind bars. What’s more, Jones, who admitted before Oistins Magistrate Elwood Watts to assaulting his sister Shani Beckles on March 17, occasioning her actual bodily harm, could be faced with an […]

A 25-year-old woman, accused of assault, was today released on $8,000 bail. It is alleged that Keisha Latoya Crawford, of Ruby Tenantry, St Philip, caused serious body harm to Terry Scantlebury on April 15 with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him or to cause him serious bodily harm. She was not required to plead […]

A pre sentencing report has been ordered into the life of a 25-year-old farmer who has admitted to throwing stones along Princess Royal Avenue, St Michael, posing a threat to passersby. Mario Diego Lamar King, of Lot 26, York Terrace, The Pine, St Michael, was jointly charged with another St Michael man on Monday with […]

A 16-year-old girl is among a St Michael trio remanded to HMP Dodds on gun and ammunition charges. Kiana Krisana Shepherd, of Queen Street, Nelson Street, is jointly charged with 34-year-old Damian Winston DaCarlos Ambrose, of Spruce Street, and 21-year-old Jakobi Talik Germaine, of eighth Avenue, New Orleans, with having a firearm and seven rounds […]