Portland businesswoman Tonia McDonald “was always running away from her husband”, and for every year that she was married, would return to her original family home with a packed suitcase. Her husband, well-known businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’...
The self-confessed contract killer in the murder of Portland businesswoman Tonia McDonald yesterday disclosed that he had purchased a “whole heap” of firearms from Haiti. The 48-year-old fisherman, Denvalyn ‘Bubbla’ Minott, made the revelation...
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT of Police (DSP) Justin Woolcock got the shock of his life yesterday when less than an hour after he arrived at the Supreme Court and had earlier wondered whether the nearby car park would be able to withstand an earthquake, he...
Asserting that the State is being driven by an “agenda” to preserve the country’s buggery laws, the Supreme Court says it is worrying that savings law clauses are being used to prevent scrutiny of laws violating citizens’ rights. “… It is...
ONE OF the three men implicated in the murder and kidnapping of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell’s infant daughter and her mother has pleaded guilty and is to be sentenced on November 15 in the Home Circuit Court. The defendant pleaded guilty...
The surprise discovery of two new statements from the contract killer in the murder of Tonia McDonald, along with eight other undisclosed witness statements, yesterday forced an adjournment of the trial of Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald until...
DEFENCE COUNSEL Christopher Townsend yesterday continued to chip away at the credibility of the main witness in the 2020 murder Tonia McDonald while highlighting numerous inconsistencies and omissions. However, the contract killer, Denvalyn ‘...
THE MANCHESTER woman who reportedly murdered her husband, Constable Damien Blair, during a domestic dispute at their home in May, is to reappear in the Home Circuit Court on Monday. Kacey-Ann Blair, who was remanded, had her matter rescheduled on...
The case involving former State Minister of Foreign Affairs Leslie Campbell, who is charged with failing to provide information relating to his statutory declaration, suffered a further delay on Thursday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court...
A WOMAN who was sentenced to almost three years in prison in June for pouring hot water on a man was last month was denied bail by the Court of Appeal, pending an appeal. The applicant, Francis Bartley-Downer, was convicted of causing grievous...
A woman who secretly sold her father’s shares, which they had in a joint investment account, and pocketed over $50 million, has been left empty-handed after the Supreme Court ordered her to return the shares or pay him back at the share price...
A labourer, who was freed in March of anti-gang charges in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, was on Tuesday offered $200,000 bail following allegations that he and another man robbed a truck driver of almost $500,000. Dwight ‘Jim Brown’ Hall, 34-...
One of the island’s major telecommunication firms, Cable and Wireless Jamaica, known as Flow Jamaica, is suing the Government and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to recover millions for damage allegedly done to its infrastructure during...
THE ST MARY labourer who was found guilty of the murder of two American missionaries in 2016 is to know his fate on November 10. The sentencing for Andre Thomas was scheduled for Friday in the Home Circuit Court before Justice Leighton Pusey, but...
LEODA BRADSHAW, the American companion of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell, reportedly travelled to Jamaica with the sole purpose of murdering Paulwell’s infant daughter and her mother. This happened one day after she had confronted the woman...
THE CONVICTED contract killer in the murder of businesswoman Tonia McDonald yesterday admitted that a man who he had shot with a fish gun disappeared before their case was tried and has not been seen since. Denvalyn ‘Bubbla’ Minott, while...
The Portland fisherman who said he was contracted by Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald to murder his wife, disclosed yesterday that he gave the police about 120 secretly recorded conversations between himself and the businessman. The murder convict,...
A convicted contract killer on Tuesday testified that when he informed businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald moments after his wife was killed that “it’s finished”, he replied by saying, “Good.” Continuing his testimony in the Home Circuit...
PORTLAND BUSINESSMAN Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald reportedly told the man whom he hired to murder his wife, Tonia McDonald, that he should find somewhere new to kill her. McDonald allegedly gave that order after the man and his accomplice went...
The convicted fisherman contracted by Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald to murder his wife disclosed that he and another man he had hired to carry out the hit made two unsuccessful attempts to kill the woman. McDonald, 68, and his co-accused, Oscar...
A FORMER employee of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald’s claimed that he lied to the police in his first statement because he did not want to meet a fate similar to that some of his co-workers, who had crossed his boss, had...
Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald’s right-hand man on Tuesday claimed he decided to come clean after initially lying to the police after the murder of his ex-boss’ wife after speaking with his prophetess. The witness, who...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, in sentencing convicted gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan on Monday to 39 years and six months in prison, said it was clear from the evidence that he was the “prime mover and shaker” behind all the gang’s killings. The...
Veteran attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is calling for the Jamaican Bar Association to convene an urgent meeting with Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke, to find solutions to safeguard lawyers against the potential financial risk of losing clients’...
A new trial has been ordered in the case of ex-cop Rushon Hamilton, who was found guilty for the 2008 murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, but his defence team is confident that he will be vindicated in the end. The ex-constable was ordered...
