A serial rapist who, over a three-day period, sexually assaulted four women, including two sisters while their mother watched helplessly, was last week sentenced to 21 years in prison under a plea deal. The 35-year-old sex offender, Everton Bennett...
The family of Keith Clarke who was killed at his home during a military operation remains determined while welcoming yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling authorising the resumption of the trial for his alleged murder. “Today’s ruling that the trial...
A security guard who was arrested last year for reportedly killing a man with a pickaxe was freed of murder in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday. Twenty-five-year-old Dwight Thomas, of Arnett Gardens in St Andrew, was slapped...
The long-awaited trial of the St Catherine labourer charged with the murder of attorney-at-law Clover Graham is scheduled to start on Thursday in the Home Circuit Court. Quron Patterson, otherwise called ‘Q’, of Gordon Pen in Spanish Town, St...
The media were barred from covering the Tuesday afternoon hearing in which one of the men arrested for the 2016 murder of two American missionaries in St Mary was expected to plead guilty to two counts of murder under a plea deal. On Monday,...
Noting that the chronic issue of juror shortage is at the worst state she has seen it in years, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn on Monday called for an examination of the process of selecting and serving jurors. She also...
The police corporal implicated in a multimillion-dollar cooking oil theft was on Monday denied bail when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court. Detective Corporal Maurice Whittingham, 35, who is charged with robbery with aggravation and...
While industrial action initially considered to coincide with Monday’s opening of the Circuit Court’s Hillary Term across the island appears to have been averted, the legal officers remain restive over the public sector compensation restructuring...
Parish Judge Venise Blackstock-Murray yesterday chastised the police for the lack of sympathy shown towards the gravely ill accused in the J$90 million cocaine bust at the Norman Manley International Airport. She also rebuked the cops for their...
A second attempt by the defence team to have fraud charges against Antigua’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong dismissed failed to get off the ground on Thursday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The matter was...
The police corporal implicated in a multimillion-dollar cooking oil theft is to return to St Catherine Parish Court on Monday for a bail application. Detective Corporal Maurice Whittingham, 35, is charged with robbery with aggravation and...
Sharn Mongal, principal of Steer Town Academy in St Ann, is expected to go on leave this month amid a probe by the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) into alleged breaches in last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) May-June...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described the passing of protocol and logistics expert Colonel Merrick Needham as a monumental loss not only for his family, but for the nation. Needham, who celebrated his 89th birthday six days ago, died on...
Tuesday should have been an exciting and memorable day for Demardeo Cornish, but as he rang in his 21st birthday, he was hit by the devastating realisation that his parents would never be around again to celebrate with him. Cornish’s parents died...
Nearly four months after a court halted the construction of his $450-million apartment complex, developer Andrew Henry is breathing a sigh of relief after receiving the green light to resume work at the Chancery Hall, St Andrew property. However,...
Senior defence lawyer Linton Gordon has rejected a call by Jamaica’s chief prosecutor for the law to be amended to increase the starting point to 40 years for persons who commit murder, regardless of an early guilty plea. Describing the advocacy as...
A mentally challenged man, who was sentenced to 23 years and 10 months after he stabbed and chopped his friend during a dispute over a room, has had his sentence slashed by more than half on appeal. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal judges set aside...
The family of the Jamaica College student who was murdered in 2016 said they are crushed by Tuesday’s Court of Appeal decision to shave 11 years off the 31-year prison term his killer was ordered to serve before being considered for parole. “We...
The man who received a life sentence for the 2016 murder of Jamaica College (JC) student Nicholas Francis is likely to get a reduction in the 31 years that he was ordered to serve before being eligible for parole. On Monday, Court of Appeal acting...
Amoi Leon Issa, who has been pushing back against a police request for access to her cellular phone as they probe the murder of her son, Gabriel King, is set to return to the Supreme Court for an application for leave for judicial review. Issa is...
Alysia Moulton White, outgoing vice-president of group marketing at Sagicor Group Jamaica, has been slapped with several fraud-related charges, reportedly over $661,000, which was sent to one of her bank accounts, as a probe into operations at the...
Quacie Hart, the man who was given a life sentence after killing a Jamaica College (JC) student in 2016 following a robbery attempt, wants the Court of Appeal to reduce his 31-year pre-parole period by at least 12 years. Hart, whose matter is...
A former administrative assistant at Petrojam testified Wednesday that she was not aware of any system at the state-owned refinery to reimburse board members who travel on overseas business trips without prior approval. According to the witness,...
Petrojam’s chief financial officer (CFO) on Friday testified that he had not checked if the disbursement cheques he had signed for former Chairman Dr Perceval Singh had breached any of the company’s rules. Delroy Brown also testified that he had...
Petrojam’s Chief Financial Officer, Delroy Brown, claimed Thursday that he was sent on a five-day suspension in 2018 after then general manager Floyd Grindley and then human resource manager Yolande Ramharrack concocted false allegations against...
