Tag: chief magistrate Ian weekes
Weekes calls for halfway house
The Chief Magistrate has called for a facility/halfway house where those with psychiatric issues and drug dependencies can be taught skills and given counselling...
Cops told: Get the basics right
LESS THAN A WEEK after Magistrate Kim Butcher chastised lawmen for failing to give an accused his constitutionally due telephone call while in custody,...
Uncle scolded for hospital threat
Nurses and members of the medical fraternity have sacrificed too much during the COVID-19 pandemic and members of the public must not get the...
‘Put out wayward children at 18’
Parents who try their best with persistently wayward children should put their belongings at the door when those children turn 18.
“There are some parents,”...
No ease for ‘hand on a woman’
There will be no reprimand and discharge for a man who “put his hand on a woman”.
So said Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes as he...
Bajans warned: Beware of deals
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes has warned Barbadians about grabbing at “deals”, saying it was that habit that was fuelling the actions of thieves.
His comments...