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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Chief Magistrate a stickler for use of proper English

Akeel Lovell -
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes is not impressed by parents who give their children choices from young and who do not insist they practise speaking...
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Man with videos shown Dodds

Nationnews Desk -
A man who claimed to have “over 300 and something videos” will be away from his “fans” for the next six months. That’s the time...
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Court closed after bedbug found

Nationnews Desk -
THE OISTINS MAGISTRATES’ COURT has been closed after a bedbug was found in a chair inside the court Wednesday morning. Magistrate Deidre McKenna adjourned all...
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Judge: Use dragnets to stop motorcyclists

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
Institute dragnets and take away their illegal bikes. That, said Justice Carlisle Greaves, is what lawmen should do to those motorcyclists who are causing havoc...
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Drug accused gets bail

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
Calling it a “dark day in the criminal justice system”, King’s Counsel Michael Lashley yesterday criticised the arrest and charging of a man for...
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A chuck over coconuts costs visitor $1 500

Akeel Lovell -
THE $1 500 which Magistrate Deidre McKenna ordered American visitor Christopher John Guido to pay forthwith could have bought many coconuts, the item which...
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