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...

Cleared of having sex with minor

A JURY HAS SET FREE a then-20-year-old man who denied having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl more than a decade ago. The St Michael...

Cop: Plan was to frighten woman

Former bank teller Kevin DaCosta Cadogan told police he and another man were “only trying to frighten” a bank account holder because of what...

Retired lawman to be fined

Retired lawman John Mark Annel will be sentenced to a fine for having 100 illegal bullets in his possession six years ago. So said Justice...

Bail for man on sex charge

Businessman Jamaal Antonio Reifer has been charged with two sexual offenses and – in his absence – granted bail. Reifer, a 38-year-old self-employed man of...

Court hears of attempted rape in City

A woman who suffered through an attempted rape gave police a most concise description of her intended rapist and the events which took place...

‘Beaten into confessing’

Despite telling police he had nothing to do with the murder of Ajay Smith, they beat him “very badly” until he confessed to the...