From The Courts

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...
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Six years for ‘visiting evil’

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

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
Nothing wrong with the sentence. That was the ruling of the Court of Appeal yesterday as it ordered convicted killer Andrew Harclyde Pollard to serve...
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$3 000 fine for stabbing student

Nationnews Desk -
Mikell Antoine Skeete stabbed a schoolboy seven years ago, but after taking his guilty plea and other circumstances into consideration, Justice Anthony Blackman sentenced...
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Judge: Scope of backlog unknown

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
A special arraignment day in the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday threw up cases, one as old as 18 years, and others which some...
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Man guilty of having bullets

Nationnews Desk -
Joseph Kenneth Jordan has been found guilty of having a large number of bullets without a valid permit. However, the 70-year-old, of No. 33 Flamboyant...
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Breadfruit thief escapes jail time

Nationnews Desk -
AN UNEMPLOYED MAN who said he stole 32 breadfruits because he was hungry, has escaped being sent to jail. Ryan Ricardo Belle, 32, was sentenced...
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Jobless man’s 8-day crime spree

Kimberley Browne -
Within an eight-day period, Allan DeCurtis Junior Crichlow broke into four business places and stole almost $5 000. After the unemployed 46-year-old pleaded guilty to...
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