From The Courts

No more extensions for gun offender

He was recovering from surgery and unable to work. That was the explanation given yesterday by first-time gun offender Rawle Anthony Caesar as he sought more time in which to...

Man to pay $15 000 for home-made gun

All of Clive Christopher Hutson’s “creativity” will be destroyed and he now owes the No 5A Supreme Court...

Man to pay $4 000 for kicks, stones

The kicks that Peter Luther Jordan administered to a man three years ago cost him a total of...

Home-made gun costs youth $10 000

You don't even want to see a picture of a firearm. Those were the last words from Justice Pamela...

Murderer gets 40-year sentence

The convicted murderer called “a threat and a danger to society” was sentenced to 40 years in prison...

Guilty of assaulting girl, 12

Christopher O'Brien Harris, of Thornbury Hill and Lower Carter’s Gap, Christ Church, has been convicted of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl four years ago. He...

Killer remanded after delay in psychological assessment

His psychological assessment is not yet ready and as a result self-confessed killer Demetrico Ricardo Layne was further remanded when he reappeared in the...

Dodds inmate awarded $20 000

A High Court judge has ruled that prison officials violated the constitutional rights of an inmate at Dodds Prison by forcing him to use inadequate...

Man says he’s alive because of woman

It was only because of Jhakira Matthews’ intervention that he is alive today, said Jurdie Omar Austin Miller. “We get weself in trouble but I...

‘I was on cocaine and wanted something to eat’

The pre-sentencing report is still outstanding and, as a result, Robert Ricardo Neblett had his matter adjourned when he reappeared in the No 4...

Lawyer: Jail thief

The complainant wants thief Rotchell Rivera Kellman locked up but that is highly unlikely, a High Court judge said yesterday. “She didn’t just steal jewellery....