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Mother forfeits $50 000

She lost one son six years ago and the...

Sailor’s drug trial adjourned

The drug trial of Walter O’Neal Prescod was adjourned...

‘Betrayed’ by daughter’s killer

“You still breathe. You have your family. You get...

Favour costs ex-soldier $24 000

What was intended to be a kind gesture and...

Mother withdraws as son’s surety

In an act of tough love, a mother yesterday...

Man placed on bond and ordered to pay up

He lost sleep worrying about what would happen to...

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...