The murder of an Anglican priest in May Pen, Clarendon, last year has dealt a crushing blow to his family, especially his father, who is not only struggling to find the will to continue, but has also lost interest in pleasures of the flesh....
A convicted Jamaican lottery scammer who had challenged her deportation from the United States, claiming that she would be tortured by the scheme’s ringleader, has lost her application for asylum. The petitioner, Kayann Darby, otherwise known as...
A homeless man who was among four street persons who were viciously attacked and injured in sections of the Corporate Area in May has succumbed to his injuries. The man remains unidentified. His death, however, brings to six the number of...
After nearly eight years, a Kingston labourer who allegedly spent 18 hellish months in prison in 2009 after he was maliciously arrested and had sued the State is yet to have his claim heard in the Supreme Court. The appellant, Desmond Kinlock,...
As the debate rages on in the public and in Parliament about the eligibility of bail for persons charged with serious offences such as murder and shooting, a senior prosecutor is contending that lawmakers are not really at liberty to restrict...
Former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused yesterday scored a victory in the Supreme Court after they were granted permission to challenge the decision of a senior parish judge in the Review Court, where they are seeking to have the...
Jamaica is lagging behind in the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) when compared to other countries in the Caribbean island, but a government consultant has signalled that the country will be taking over the lead in the region soon. According to...
Two men who were wrongly identified by the police following a firefight in which a policeman was shot and injured were last Monday found not guilty in the Home Circuit Court. Raheem Tulloch and Al Johnson, both of Ambrook Lane, St Andrew, were...
Twenty alleged members of the St Catherine-based Clansman gang, who were among 50 individuals arrested and charged under the anti-gang legislation, have been freed as the evidence against them did not meet the threshold for prosecution. Thirty men...
Justice Vinette Graham Allen warned on Wednesday that the murder of a witness will not stop a criminal case from being tried. The judge gave the caution in the Home Circuit Court as she refused the bail application for Portland businessman Everton...
After hearing fresh evidence against Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, who is charged with the murders of two wives, Justice Vinette Graham Allen is to rule today in the Gun Court on whether he will be granted bail. The much-anticipated bail...
The Jamaican Redevelopment Foundation (JRF) Inc has filed a constitutional lawsuit against the 46-year-old Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) claiming that it is not an independent and impartial arbiter of labour conflicts. The challenge may pose...
The former National Commercial Bank (NCB) manager who robbed the bank of $34 million over a three-year period said she had struggled with her behaviour as she looted funds to finance a spending spree on clothes, handbags, and renovation of her four...
The scandal surrounding People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell has intensified with the submission of statements from three females who are alleging that they had sexual relations with the politician when they were...
A Portland carpenter who says he was framed twice and ended up spending eight months in prison 30 years ago is now seeking to have his records cleared, but is lamenting the near year-long wait for a response to his expungement application. David...
A court date has been set in the Supreme Court for the resumption of the much-anticipated Trafigura Beheer matter involving former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and four other members of the People’s National Party (PNP). The quintet is to...
Disgraced attorney Jennifer Messado, who has reportedly defrauded international dancehall star David ‘Mavado’ Brooks of $30. 7 million, yesterday told the Supreme Court that she is bankrupt and was given time to file an affidavit explaining her...
The Victim Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Justice has been noticing a lowering in the ages of children being sexually abused, oftentimes by relatives. The victims, some as young as two years old, have been identified as part of a wider...
A Kingston labourer who had been in custody for nine years awaiting his trial was on Tuesday freed of murder in the Supreme Court. Thirty-one-year-old Dwight Leslie, otherwise known as ‘Catfish’, had the case against him dismissed after his...
Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan, who is representing incarcerated reputed gangster Tesha Miller, is accusing the Crown of abusing its power in light of fraud charges laid against the convicted killer which stem from an incident in 2017 in which he...
An October trial date was yesterday scheduled in the fraud matter involving former Petrojam general manager Floyd Grindley and his former chairman Dr Perceval Bahado-Singh. Both accused will be tried in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court...
Well-known producer, businessman, and councillor, Patrick Roberts, was yesterday slapped with fraud charges and is to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on June 24. Roberts, the local government representative in the Molynes Gardens...
Justice Georgiana Fraser believes that there are no prospects for rehabilitation for convicted murderers Carlos Batista and George Gardener, who have maintained their innocence in the daylight murder of well-known businessman Roderick ‘Bunny’...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of a man who had been ordered to pay $515,000 or serve two months in prison after he was found guilty of transporting 1,613 pounds of ganja. The appellant, Allan Gardner, was taken into custody and...
The abuse of the homeless hit startling heights when news broke they were being brutally murdered. A man was brought in as a suspect but never charged. With the revelation that the same man has been brought in for questioning after another spate of...
