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Youth, 19, charged with armed robbery
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August 13, 2019
A 19-year-old of Pole Yard has been charged with the armed robbery and attempted robbery of two medical students from the United States who reside at ...
Unlicensed teen fined after early morning drive
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August 13, 2019
Last Friday, the court struggled to decide how to sentence an unlicensed 18-year-old driver who knocked a 45-year-old man’s arm and sent him to the ho...
Jury duty more important than voting – Cottle
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August 9, 2019
Justice Brian Cottle has commented that he hopes there will be no more approaching of jurors, following the seriousness with which a recent case invol...
Teen in gun case faces  criminal assault charge
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August 9, 2019
A teenager has been charged with criminal assault after allegedly pointing a gun at a businessman. According to a police report, Ronaldo Cato, a 19-ye...
Warehouse keeper charged with  burglary and rape
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August 9, 2019
Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old warehouse keeper of Lowmans Windward with the offence of Aggravated Burglary and Rape on July 1, 2019. ...
DNA results puts rapist behind bars
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August 2, 2019
DNA tests helped convict a man for the prolonged rape and degradation of a pregnant woman, and he has now been sentenced to 25 years in jail. It is sa...
Man ordered to pay $10,000 to victim
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July 16, 2019
Swayed by the request of a cutlass chop victim for compensation, the High Court suspended a jail sentence of eight years on the condition that the per...
Couple airs dirty linen in Court
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July 12, 2019
A couple has aired their dirty laundry in court after an argument of theirs landed the boyfriend in court facing two charges. Accusations flew, when A...
Man ordered to pay cart pusher $750
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July 12, 2019
A 43-year-old defendant will have to pay for losing his temper and striking a cart pusher with a bottle simply because the cart pusher’s flute blowing...
Accused murderer walks free
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July 12, 2019
The man who was charged with shooting to death a 23-year-old resident of Clifton Union Island last year was freed for want of evidence last week. Last...
Woman to be sentenced for death of businessman
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July 5, 2019
This Tuesday the prosecution accepted a guilty plea for manslaughter from the woman charged in relation to the death of businessman “Dot Com” who was ...
Man with kidney failure escapes prison sentence
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June 28, 2019
The man whose vehicle crashed into a New Democratic Party (NDP) rally in 2014, could not be sentenced to prison time because of his kidney failure, wh...
Woman who spoke to juror arrested and charged
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June 28, 2019
Police have arrested and charged Jemima Woods, a 33-year-old Cashier of Layou with Conspiracy to Defeat the Course of Justice. According to investigat...
42-year-old man blames his criminal ways on obeah
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June 25, 2019
After being cursed by a market vendor that he would not stop “making jail” in his lifetime, Desmond ‘Joey’ Browne, convicted of robbery, says obeah is...