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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Fraud accused to stand trial on 41 counts

Heather-Lynn Evanson -
BUSINESSMAN Rodney Levi Wilkinson had 26 of his fraud charges dismissed when he appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court. However, almost ten years after...
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Guilty of having sex with minor

Nationnews Desk -
The St Michael man who was earlier this month on trial in the No. 4A Supreme Court, accused of having sexual intercourse with a...
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State wants at least 16 years for rapist

Nationnews Desk -
THE VICTIM had a heart condition, had undergone recent surgery and was 70 years old when she was raped. Those were some of the aggravating...
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Rapist to pay victim $50 000

Akeel Lovell -
A high court judge has stressed that compensation is not the appropriate remedy in most cases of rape. However, said Justice Pamela Beckles, it can...
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Update: Man charged for multiple offences

Ashminnie Moonsammy -
Javon Michael Richards, age 20,of #16 Lascelles Terrace, The Pine, Saint Michael, was remanded to the Barbados Prison Service (Dodds) after appearing before Chief...
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Man charged for multiple offences

Ashminnie Moonsammy -
The Criminal Investigation Department (Major Crime Unit) of The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) has arrested and formally charged Javon Michael Richards, 20 years of...
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