Convictions have been recorded against a mother and son who appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on drug charges. Maureen Moreen Sealy, 55, and her 38-year-old son Ramon McDonald …
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President of the Barbados Bar Association Rosalind Smith-Millar has joined the chorus of calls for court cases to be dealt with in a timely manner. However, she warned, all cases …
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A man who raped his girlfriend’s seven-year-old daughter and committed an act of serious indecency on her should be given a jail sentence in the region of 20 years in …
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Civil court orders State to pay almost $100 000 for breach of murder accused’s Constitutional right
A civil court judge has called for strict timelines to be set for hearing all criminal matters as she awarded a murder accused $95 000 for the 14-year delay in …
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The Acting Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has asked the High Court to impose a stiff sentence on convicted attorney Ernest Winston Jackman despite submissions by his lawyer for him …
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Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith recently secured another constitutional court victory against the state. This time it was on behalf of former accused Shamar Tyrone Patrick of Chapman Village, St Thomas …
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Attorney Ernest Winston Jackman who was convicted of stealing and using over half a million dollars of a client’s money says he is “embarrassed and ashamed” to be appearing before …
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Chairman of the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) retired Justice Christopher Blackman has blasted some lawyers for their lethargy which has delayed the work of the ERT. However, Justice Blackman has …
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Ex-murder accused to get more money from state for breach of Constitutional rights
Former murder accused Pedro Deroy Ellis has won another case against the State for breach of his constitutional rights, just over a month after the court awarded him $75 000 …
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Guyanese Udisteen Mangaru told police over five years ago that he did not know the work permit stamp in his passport was a fake. Sergeant Terrence Howard of the Financial …