CrimeLocal NewsPress Releases Man to appear in court over fatal Bank Hall fire by Barbados Today 06/04/2026 written by Barbados Today Published: 06/04/2026Updated: 08/04/2026 0 min read A+A- Reset Ricardo Okella Stanford FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1.1K A 54-year-old man from Bank Hall, St Michael, has been charged with arson and the murder of 51-year-old Shanell Smith. Her body was discovered after a house fire at Bank Hall on March 27 was extinguished. Ricardo Okella Stanford is scheduled to appear in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court on April 7. (PR/BT) Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like TMF Beach 2026 draws massive crowd for opening day 19/07/2026 Professor Emeritus Sir Henry Fraser pays tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers 18/07/2026 Man killed in police-involved shooting identified 18/07/2026