From The Courts

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 Seales Ave, Goodland, St Michael, was also fined $1 500 to...

Young cousins deported after illegal entry

Two Nigerian cousins have been fined and deported after admitting they entered Barbados on August 30 with falsified...

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...

Man charged with cannabis and driving offences

A 25-year-old St Michael man has been arrested and charged with several cannabis and driving-related offences stemming from...

Man placed on bond and ordered to pay up

He lost sleep worrying about what would happen to Shane Rene Bartlett, said complainant Samuel Trotman. However, any fears...

Virtual court starts next month

Virtual hearings will be rolled out at two Magistrates’ Courts from next month, in what Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley...

Hunger ‘not an excuse to steal’

Hunger, unemployment and financial hardship are emerging as recurring explanations behind a string of theft cases before Barbados’ courts this month. However, some officials are...

Nigerian national charged with child trafficking

A 28-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested and formally charged with trafficking in children and two counts of wilfully giving an untrue answer to...

Woman with $285 steals $17 in food stuff

 Although she had close to $300 in her purse, a St Joseph woman stole $17 in food stuff from a Bridgetown supermarket earlier this...

Man charged after 13.6kg of cannabis seized

A 27-year-old Christ Church man has been charged with trafficking and importing cannabis after police seized 13.6 kilograms of the drug with an estimated...

Grandson pleads guilty to assault

She has taken too much. With these words, a grandmother yesterday said she had “hardened” her heart and the next three weeks that Namari Jumar...