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...

Teenager charged with firearm and traffic offences

Seventeen-year-old Kimani Keshon Smith-Wooding of Harts Gap, Christ Church, has been arrested and charged in connection with a series of offences allegedly committed on...

Courts ‘must get tough’ on gun crime

With almost 30 homicides for the year, the majority of them by the gun, a prosecutor has declared the buck should stop at the...

Angry taxi driver gets stern warning

A taxi driver who threatened to shoot another was reprimanded and discharged yesterday, but not without a stern warning from Acting Magistrate Bernadeth John. Kemar...

Teen: I was hungry, frustrated

Two men accused of robbing a woman in St Andrew – with one confessing and the other denying it – have been remanded to...

Customs officer charged with soliciting funds

A Customs officer accused of soliciting money from a man at the airport last month for some items he imported, was placed on bail...

Customs officer to appear in court on corruption charges

A customs officer is due to appear in court today facing charges under the Corruption Act. Fadesha Fiann Howard, 24, of Parris Hill, St Joseph,...