Judge delivers blunt warning to accused who risk jury trial Barbados Today16/09/2021042 views The case of a convicted man who opted to face a jury has prompted the trial judge to warn the accused they risk jail sentences by taking their chances needlessly… Read more
Drug ‘pawn’ to pay for trafficking Barbados Today15/09/2021072 views Jermaine Jamal Jackson has been fined $55 000 for trafficking cannabis over 11 years ago. He had pleaded guilty to the February 14, 2010 offence as well as possession before… Read more
Prince to pay for church damages Barbados Today15/09/2021026 views Convicted man Renison Isaiah Prince was sentenced to 875 days in prison, which had already been served and ordered to pay for the damage he caused to the historic St… Read more
Man charged for Grazettes’ murder Barbados Today15/09/2021050 views A 20-year-old man has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, St Philip on a number of charges including murder. Jared Stephen Highland-Best, of No. 75 Apes Hill Development, Apes… Read more
Convicted man to pay High Court $30 000 for having illegal weapon Barbados Today15/09/2021066 views Glebe Land, St George resident Chad Antonio Denero Forde was on Tuesday fined $30 000 for having a loaded firearm while in public without the necessary licence to do so.… Read more
St John man owns up to bullets in bedroom Barbados Today14/09/2021044 views Six months ago, a St John man told police he knew nothing about two rounds of ammunition which were found in his bedroom. But on Monday he told the No.… Read more
Pillion rider admits to possession of gun, ammo Barbados Today14/09/2021025 views When Andre Decourcey Marshall was nabbed along the Speightstown Bypass on February 11, 2015, police found a hard object in the crotch of his pants, a court heard Monday. It… Read more
Man hides bullets, finds hefty fine Barbados Today14/09/2021043 views A Brandons man has been fined $10,000 for possessing six rounds of ammunition he hid under a rock after stealing it from someone else’s home. Patrick O’Neal Collymore, 50, of… Read more
Judge vows to tackle ‘gun-laden’ case load Barbados Today14/09/2021047 views High Court Judge Justice Carlisle Greaves returned to a recurring theme that has marked his three-decade judicial career – a “firearm crisis for some time”. He told 31 new jurors… Read more
No word on High Court trials Randy Bennett11/09/2021041 views Concerns have been raised over whether the Supreme Court is properly outfitted to continue in-person jury trials in light of the Delta variant outbreak. With the new Assizes set to… Read more