Thursday, May 9, 2024

From The Courts

Man guilty of having bullets

Joseph Kenneth Jordan has been found guilty of having a large number of bullets without a valid permit. However, the 70-year-old, of No. 33 Flamboyant Avenue, Sunset Crest, St James,...

Breadfruit thief escapes jail time

AN UNEMPLOYED MAN who said he stole 32 breadfruits because he was hungry, has escaped being sent to...

Jobless man’s 8-day crime spree

Within an eight-day period, Allan DeCurtis Junior Crichlow broke into four business places and stole almost $5 000. After...

Chief Magistrate a stickler for use of proper English

Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes is not impressed by parents who give their children choices from young and who...

Man with videos shown Dodds

A man who claimed to have “over 300 and something videos” will be away from his “fans” for...

Judge: Use dragnets to stop motorcyclists

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...

Drug accused gets bail

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...

A chuck over coconuts costs visitor $1 500

THE $1 500 which Magistrate Deidre McKenna ordered American visitor Christopher John Guido to pay forthwith could have bought many coconuts, the item which...

Fraud accused to stand trial on 41 counts

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...

Guilty of having sex with minor

The St Michael man who was earlier this month on trial in the No. 4A Supreme Court, accused of having sexual intercourse with a...

State wants at least 16 years for rapist

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...