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Grandson pleads guilty to assault

She has taken too much. With these words, a grandmother...

12 could get bail without files, warns magistrate

If he is not provided with the pre-trial statements,...

Thief given chance at drug rehab

St Elias Charles got that one opportunity he claimed...

Danger to society’ remanded

Declaring that Jeffrey David Yearwood was “a clear and...

State pushing for forfeiture of US$24 943 seized at airport

The State wants Gregston Ricardo Orlando Sealy to forfeit...

Pay up or ‘walk with toothbrush’

A motorist, who was fined for an 18-year-old death...

State seizes woman’s assets

The state has swooped down on a woman convicted of having a high-powered rifle, ammunition and cocaine, seizing more than half-amillion dollars in assets,...

Pastor Lowe case to be closed

The case against convicted sex-offender, now deceased Pastor Vincent Anthony Lowe, came up for hearing in the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. It will be...

Thumbs up for jury changes

For the first time in Barbados’ judicial history yesterday, 15 jurors were selected to sit on a murder trial. It came as a suite of...

$10 000 payout for indecent assault

Indecent assault is a “nasty and unpleasant offence” and offenders will generally be given custodial sentences, a High Court judge said yesterday. However, the complainant...

Judge lauds changes

Major changes to indictments as well as to the Firearms Act will see new-look trials from this Assizes. No longer must all 12 jurors agree...

Killer to learn fate in November

Haniyfa Reza White’s Pre-Sentencing report is in hand and lawyers will address the courton her sentence when she returns in November. White was back in...

Rapist to pay victim $25000

Monetary compensation is not the “appropriate remedy" in most rape cases, says Justice Pamela Beckles, but it can be useful depending on the circumstances. "The...

Roti thief spared stain on record

Stay away from the criminal justice system and stay employed. This was the advice Magistrate Alison Burke gave to 17-year-old Jon-Vitor Ferreira Samuel in the...

Man vows never to return to prison

After just 12 days on remand, Allan Ricardo Goddard does not wish to see the inside of prison again. Goddard, 43, of Pegwell, Christ Church,...

Shoplifter to serve 9 months

Past mistakes. That was David Anthony Griffith’s explanation of two nine-month-old charges which he faced in the District “A” Traffic Court yesterday. “At that point...