From The Courts

Gunman gets life for murder

Any person who uses a firearm to commit murder can expect a long sentence, including life in prison, declared Justice Carlisle Greaves. However, he will also continue to counsel the...

Six years for ‘visiting evil’

The man who admitted he “visited evil” on his stepdaughter when he buggered her more than 20 years...

Lawyer who stole $850 000 to be sentenced July 16

Attorney Hilary Jeffrey Nelson will be sentenced on July 16 for stealing more than $850 000 from a...

Two charged after cannabis seizure valued at $1.76 million

The Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit has charged two people following the seizure of more than 110 kilograms...

Sex offender given 15-year sentence

Fifteen years. That’s the starting sentence Matthew Orlando King got for having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl ten...

Cousins ordered to pay victim

Three men who beat their cousin earlier this month were each placed on a six-month bond to keep the peace and ordered to pay...

Not guilty of causing deaths, but of dangerous driving

Troy Emerson Nathaniel Clinton has been acquitted of causing the deaths by dangerous driving of two people in a 2011 collision. However, he was convicted...

Justice Greaves urges Barbadians to speak up about gang members

In sentencing a murderer to life and his accomplice to a long stretch in prison, Justice Carlisle Greaves said the case was one that...

Guilty of killing ex’s daughter

Roger Delisle Sealy was responsible for the gruesome murder of Samara Bristol sometime between November 16 and 21, 2021. It took an hour and 45...

Judge bemoans govts’ failure to accept CCJ

A judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has lamented the failure of most CARICOM countries to accept it as their final court...

Tourist caught with cocaine

A housekeeper's vigilance led to the arrest and charging of an American hotel guest last month, after she came across a white powdery substance...