Five-year sentence for gun and drugs upheld
THE Court of Appeal yesterday confirmed the five-year prison sentence of a man convicted of illegal drug and firearm possession over four years ago.
$700 fine for marijuana and pills
A 26-year-old man caught with marijuana and Percocet pills must pay $700 to avoid spending four months behind bars.
Two accused of robbery plot
TWO women, accused of plotting to commit robbery, were sent to prison to await trial.
Two accused of robbery plot
TWO women, accused of plotting to commit robbery, were sent to prison to await trial.
14-year-old says she was ‘indecently assaulted’
A 14-year-old girl has accused her cousin of caressing her near her private parts last year.
Theft accused to face November trial
A 22-year-old man accused of stealing nearly $30,000 worth of car parts from vehicles parked in a mechanic’s yard is set to stand trial in November.
Police ‘found loaded gun’ on suspect
OFFICERS recovered a loaded gun from a man who fled when he noticed a marked police vehicle on patrol, a court was told.
Former Cabinet minister’s fraud trial adjourned again
THE fraud trial of former Cabinet minister Elma Campbell has been adjourned once again to ensure the magistrate presiding over the case enforces the mandatory COVID-19 safety protocols in his court.
Woman admits falsely accusing boyfriend
A 26-year-old woman who falsely accused her boyfriend of assaulting her yesterday avoided receiving a criminal record after she owned up to her mistake and took responsibility for her actions.
Man accused of sex with 15-year-old
A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison over allegations that he had sex with a minor.
Andros man accused in marijuana probe
A MAN was arrested on Andros on Thursday on suspicion of cultivating marijuana.
Three men accused over schoolteacher's death launch appeals
THREE men accused of killing a schoolteacher in a 2015 robbery gone wrong have launched separate appeals against their convictions and sentences.
Two deny smuggling cocaine into the country
A Dominican man and a Colombian man who denied smuggling cocaine into the country were on Friday remanded to prison pending a bail hearing.
Attempted murder suspect says he was beaten by police
A 22-YEAR-OLD Eight Mile Rock man who was arraigned on attempted murder charges in Freeport yesterday claimed he was brutalised in police custody.
‘It was inhumane to put me in cell with coughing man’
A FREEPORT woman who was charged with assault is claiming “inhumane” treatment after police allegedly put her in a male cell with a coughing man and ignored her requests to be transferred.
