Convict not beyond redemption, says lawyer Barbados Today04/10/20220150 views The “five prison years” that Shad Gabriel Orlando Slocombe has so far spent on remand at Dodds is sufficient punishment for having an illegal firearm and ammunition over four years… Read more
Jail-time option Barbados Today04/10/20220334 views Senior State Counsel Rudolph Burnett today suggested a starting point of eight years for a young man facing four firearm and ammunition-related charges. He made the submissions in relation to… Read more
‘Under duress’ Barbados Today29/09/20220209 views Eleven years after being accused of having an unlicensed gun and ammunition, Renee Ricardo Hope told jurors that he placed his initials on a confession statement written by police officers… Read more
‘Loving man’ Barbados Today28/09/20220213 views The brother of deceased Michael Yearwood and the cousin of the man accused of killing Yearwood on Wednesday described him as a loving, caring and friendly man. Peter Yearwood and… Read more
‘Not too late’ Barbados Today28/09/20220282 views The lawyer leading the fight to prevent Alex Tasker from being deported to the United States to face money laundering charges insists the appeal against the extradition should be allowed,… Read more
Woman admits to assaulting police Barbados Today28/09/20220153 views A young mother who admitted to assaulting two people, including a police officer, may have to pay compensation to her victims. Magistrate Manila Renee said that possibility would be explored… Read more
Chef gets chance to keep record clean Barbados Today26/09/20220111 views Despite pleading guilty to three drug offences, Donnie Joshua Patrick Aymes will keep his criminal record clean if he manages to stay out of trouble for the next 18 months.… Read more
Inside job Barbados Today26/09/20220221 views A known burglar’s 20th conviction today has landed him in Dodds prison for two years. The sentence was handed down to Robert Omar Harris by Magistrate Manila Renee when he… Read more
Burglary ‘lookout’ gets a suspended sentence Barbados Today23/09/20220130 views A young woman was given a three-year suspended sentence after she admitted to being the lookout during a burglary. Falicia Shauntell Browne’s sentence was ordered by Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell when… Read more
#BTEditorial – We allowed the vaccine to divide us – now here we are Barbados Today23/09/20220124 views It was not so long ago, a year to be exact, that the country engaged in a raging debate over the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Some were… Read more