From The Courts

From The Courts

One prison bus ‘is ridiculous’

Defence attorney Verla De Peiza has described the situation of having one bus transporting prisoners around the island as “a ridiculous state of affairs”. Her comments came after she was...
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Favour costs ex-soldier $24 000

What was intended to be a kind gesture and a favour for an elderly woman cost former Barbados...
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Contractor fined $1,500 for assaulting senator

Michael Alphonsa Harris was placed on a bond to keep the peace for three months. The 56-year-old contractor of...
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Young cousins deported after illegal entry

Two Nigerian cousins have been fined and deported after admitting they entered Barbados on August 30 with falsified...
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Man charged with murder of Edwin Cobham

A 39-year-old St George man has been charged with the murder of Edwin Cobham, who was killed between...
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Judge: Use dragnets to stop motorcyclists

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
Institute dragnets and take away their illegal bikes. That, said Justice Carlisle Greaves, is what lawmen should do to those motorcyclists who are causing havoc...
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Drug accused gets bail

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
Calling it a “dark day in the criminal justice system”, King’s Counsel Michael Lashley yesterday criticised the arrest and charging of a man for...
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A chuck over coconuts costs visitor $1 500

Akeel Lovell -
THE $1 500 which Magistrate Deidre McKenna ordered American visitor Christopher John Guido to pay forthwith could have bought many coconuts, the item which...
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Fraud accused to stand trial on 41 counts

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
BUSINESSMAN Rodney Levi Wilkinson had 26 of his fraud charges dismissed when he appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court. However, almost ten years after...
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Guilty of having sex with minor

Nationnews Desk -
The St Michael man who was earlier this month on trial in the No. 4A Supreme Court, accused of having sexual intercourse with a...
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State wants at least 16 years for rapist

Nationnews Desk -
THE VICTIM had a heart condition, had undergone recent surgery and was 70 years old when she was raped. Those were some of the aggravating...
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