Well-known taxi driver Richard Nembhard was, yesterday, looking forward to reuniting with his son from overseas, who he had not seen in about three years, but was robbed of the opportunity after gunmen shot and killed him in his car. The father of...
Fresh on the heels of the decision by the Court of Appeal to free Vybz Kartel and his co-appellants, at least two senior lawyers are of the view that the ruling reinforces the need for Jamaica to continue to retain the Privy Council as its final...
While underscoring that Jamaica’s justice system needs fixing, one of the attorneys of newly freed dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel said yesterday’s decision by the Court of Appeal to release the artiste and his co-appellants signals that the...
The senior army officer who commanded the unit linked to the death of businessman Keith Clarke said based on an aerial video which captured shooting on the grounds of the premises, he believes that the soldiers “acted in good faith”. “Having seen...
Convicted killer Omar Collymore and his three accomplices in the contract-style killing of his wife are set to face another trial in relation to an alleged gun attack reportedly orchestrated by Collymore on his ex-lover. A date for the trial of...
Brigadier Mahatma Williams, who commanded a unit linked to the 2010 death of businessman Keith Clarke, on Tuesday maintained that the five soldiers said to be involved did not provide him with specifics regarding the shooting incident. The senior...
A St Catherine man who was among three men who stormed a house in St Catherine three years ago and shot and killed three men was yesterday sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve 29 years before being eligible for parole. Oral Jobson, 25,...
The plea and case management for alleged members of the Clarendon-based Ranko Gang, reportedly led by a police constable, was, on Thursday, rescheduled for July 30 in the Home Circuit Court. The matter failed to start as the prosecutor, a senior...
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey has chastised the Integrity Commission, urging it to correct and apologise for a section in its annual report which accused the police of showing scant regard for the investigation of a robbery involving...
In a crushing blow, Paul Lowe, who has been locked in a battle with Paymaster for more than two decades over the use of his software, had his $600-million award for damages reduced to $8 million. In a judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of...
Attorney-at-law Diane Jobson on Tuesday fiercely criticised Simone Campbell-Collymore’s family for the devastating report written by Omar Collymore’s daughter blaming him for killing her mom because of selfishness and wishing him a life of misery....
Reflecting on her daughter’s dreadlocks case that captured national attention six years ago, a St Catherine mother is asserting that the latest court declaration that the school’s policy violated her child’s constitutional rights indicates that...
Amidst the chaos and devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl, St Mary upholsterer Cecil Coleman has found a way to help his community while earning by charging phones, laptops and tablets, using his solar panel system. With the loss of electricity in...
In a scathing message, the teenage daughter of murder convict Omar Collymore accused him of robbing the family of their “rock” – her mother – and the “amazing life” that she had, adding that she hoped he was left feeling bitter and would think...
Farmers in St Mary, one of Jamaica’s largest plantain and banana-producing belts, are forecasting price increases as early as next month, estimating that it will require a minimum of eight months to recover from the near-complete devastation caused...
A former government forensic analyst on Monday admitted that it was “very unusual” for her to have been asked to visit Keith Clarke’s murder scene five months after he was fatally shot. The witness, who had served in the post for 33 years and had...
“If a did night, believe mi, mi wuda dead, everybody else wuda dead.” This was the grim conclusion of a young Manchester farmer, Michael Patterson, after his two-bedroom house was destroyed by Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday, leaving him, his partner...
St Andrew labourer Winston Roper was one of several residents in Gordon Town, St Andrew, who heeded the warning about Hurricane Beryl and rushed to seek refuge at the emergency shelters. However, by midday yesterday, having seen no obvious sign of...
St Andrew senior citizen Barbara Archer was looking forward to today’s visit from her only daughter and gifting her pineapple, which she specially picked for her. But the reunion was dashed by Archer’s gruesome murder. The partially nude body of...
A former government forensic analyst on Monday testified that Keith Clarke was shot while inside the closet in the master bedroom, contradicting the testimony from his widow and daughter that it occurred while climbing down from atop the closet....
Two opposition legislators, who sued the Government over a constitutional amendment to increase the retirement age of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) and the auditor general, are questioning the State’s move to appeal the Full Court’s...
Counsel for the incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says it is puzzling that the Constitutional Court struck down a provision that was the only mechanism in place giving the DPP and the Auditor General the right to early...
Counsel for the attorney general (AG) yesterday argued that the Constitutional Court erred when it found that the amendment to the Constitution increasing the age of retirement for the director of public prosecutions and the auditor general did not...
A Court of Appeal hearing to clarify issues that had arisen following the Constitutional Court’s decision in April that resulted in King’s Counsel (KC) Paula Llewellyn stepping aside as director of public prosecutions (DPP) will get under way today...
Three of four persons including an alleged gangster who were implicated in a massive gun find in a warehouse at the wharf in Kingston in March 2022 were yesterday freed of gun charges. The trio were found not guilty after their lawyers made...
