Gov’t to appeal payouts granted to former accused for constitutional breaches Randy Bennett03/09/2022053 views Government has signalled its intention to appeal recent decisions in which accused men were awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation after the courts found their constitutional rights were… Read more
Police link multiple gun-related crimes to affiliated units “exacting their own vengeance” Randy Bennett03/09/20220109 views More than half of the 21 people who have been killed by firearms for the year were on bail for serious offences, including murder. This was revealed by Acting Assistant… Read more
‘Disappointed’ Barbados Today03/09/20220162 views ppointment that some people being brought before the court were not being granted their constitutional rights. Magistrate Kim Butcher made her displeasure known when accused Nicholas Rohan Brathwaite, a resident… Read more
Knife-wielding man sent to Psychiatric Hospital for assessment Barbados Today02/09/20220111 views Terry Orlando Grant has been remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital for three weeks for an assessment after pleading guilty to having a knife along Swan Street in Bridgetown on Tuesday.… Read more
Bail denied to serious bodily harm accused as prosecutor says more serious charge possible Barbados Today02/09/20220123 views Law enforcement officials are waiting on an autopsy report to determine whether a serious bodily harm charge against accused Taurean Jamal Pile should be upgraded. It was mainly for that… Read more
Former accused wins more money as judge laments underfunded Justice system Fernella Wedderburn01/09/20220145 views A civil judge has cautioned that the justice system is underfunded and significantly under-resourced and will continue to face “embarrassing” situations if action is not taken to fix the problem.… Read more
Canadian fined $80 000 after admitting to importing weed in desperation Barbados Today31/08/20220179 views Making it clear that resorting to illegal means was not the answer, Magistrate Deidre Mckenna ordered a Canadian man to pay $80 000 or face 36 months at Dodds for… Read more
Under the influence Barbados Today30/08/20220178 views Taxi operator Kirkland Joel Bowen says he was “highly intoxicated” when he damaged a door at a gas station and assaulted a police officer last Friday. “I was drinking. That… Read more
Visitor fined Barbados Today27/08/20220169 views An American woman has been fined $19 000 for importing a large amount of marijuana into Barbados. Magistrate Douglas Frederick ordered Nadia Alisha Ward, a 34-year-old mother of three of… Read more
‘Justice prevails’ Randy Bennett27/08/20220169 views Government has been ordered to pay out close to $700 000 to five education officers who were denied allowances from as far back as 2003, in a case that could… Read more