From The Courts

Sibling: Did not like the company my sister kept

When Royale Achim Trotman’s murder trial continued yesterday the deceased woman’s brother Henry Edghill testified. Trotman is accused of murdering his 74-year-old neighbour Phyllis Edghill between November 28 and December...

Man charged with murder of Eric Butcher

A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Eric Butcher, who was killed in January. Jevon O’Brien...

Two men charged in September 4 robbery

Two young men have been charged in connection with a robbery on September 4. Kemani Antonio Mayers, 20, of...

Death by ‘plastic bag suffocation’

A forensic pathologist said yesterday that Phyllis Edghill died from asphyxia caused by plastic bag suffocation. Dr Shubhakar Karra...

Man charged after cocaine and cannabis seizure

A 28-year-old St Philip man has been charged with eight drug offences following the seizure of suspected cocaine...

Canadian fined $20 000 for cocaine

The cocaine that was supposed to be for his financial gain ended up making Canadian citizen Michel Namroud poorer by $20 000, after he...

Fishing vessel carrying $33M in cocaine intercepted at sea

A fishing vessel laden with more than 650 kilogrammes of cocaine and bound for Barbados was intercepted on the high seas before it could...

Hitmen killing for $3 000, says DPP

There are hitmen in Barbados who are killing people for $3 000. This was the revelation by Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale, SC, who...

Youth to reappear in court, out on bail

Zion Nikiko Jackson pleaded not guilty to robbery and possession of cannabis when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court No. 2, today. Jackson,...

Man fined $2,000 for cannabis and cocaine offences

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged Chad Roosevelt Elija Chase, 30, of #137 6th Avenue, West Terrace, St. James, with multiple...

Man charged with $65,000 blackmail remanded

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged Robert Dacosta Walker of McCleans Gap, Brittons Hill, St. Michael, in connection with blackmail. The offence,...