From The Courts

Another 7 years for second killer

One of the killers of a postman must spend another seven years and 167 days in prison. Jamar Darnelle Mottley was sentenced last Friday for the 2020 killing of 62-year-old...

Two UK men remanded on cocaine charges

Two United Kingdom men charged with cocaine-related offences were remanded when they appeared at the District ‘B’ Magistrates’...

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...

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...

Rapist to pay victim $25000

Monetary compensation is not the “appropriate remedy" in most rape cases, says Justice Pamela Beckles, but it can be useful depending on the circumstances. "The...

Roti thief spared stain on record

Stay away from the criminal justice system and stay employed. This was the advice Magistrate Alison Burke gave to 17-year-old Jon-Vitor Ferreira Samuel in the...

Don’t come back with drugs, visitor warned

American visitor Jerrika Dianne Braddy has been warned not to enter Barbados again with marijuana. Acting Magistrate Bernadeth John told her so yesterday, as Braddy,...

Youth charged with killing brother

Rico Aaron Forde appeared in court yesterday charged with the killing of his brother. The 21-year-old, of Parish Land, Christ Church, was remanded to Dodds Prison on...

Man remanded on firearm and ammunition charges

Police have arrested and formally charged 25-year-old Devene Rhanelda Gale-Forde of Inch Marlow, Christ Church, with firearm and ammunition offences. The charges stem from incidents...

St John woman with 48 theft charges granted bail

A St John woman has been slapped with 48 counts of theft in connection with alleged financial crimes at Lashley & Waithe Fish Processors. Police...