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...

Case dismissed on ‘abuse of process’

Thirteen years ago Jerry Ricardo Whittaker apparently told a magistrate he intended to plead guilty to an indecent assault charge when his matter was...

Police arrest suspect in May 6th murder case

The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) Criminal Investigations Department (Northern Division) has arrested and charged Thierry Carlos Lynch, 19, of Walkes Spring, Saint Thomas, in...

Court dismisses murder charge

Five months after being released on bail for a murder charge, Daron Devon Thompson got good news from the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. That...

Man confesses to harassing schoolgirl

He confessed to two counts of harassment and after doing so, Jamaican Elves Stuart Staines was handed over to immigration officers with a reprimand...

Kartel’s fight for freedom

Attorneys for the State entities embroiled in the ongoing court battle to determine whether entertainer Vybz Kartel and two of his three co-accused are being...

Three admit to drug offences

As a result of an operation conducted by police at Bathsheba, St Joseph, last Thursday, three young men went before a rural court on...