Woman who slapped student escapes jail time
This Monday, the court refused to endorse the actions of a 42-year-old mother who believed she was right in slapping a 16-year-old at the entrance to ...
18 April 2019
Woman who slapped student escapes jail time
This Monday, the court refused to endorse the actions of a 42-year-old mother who believed she was right in slapping a 16-year-old at the entrance to ...
Prisoner jailed for eight years for causing paralysis of fellow inmate
A prisoner who beat a fellow inmate, causing him to become paralysed from the chest down, has been sentenced to eight years incarceration. Yesterda...
Two men, same crime, different sentences
Two men, who committed the same crime of stabbing a man with switch blades will both be incarcerated, but the sentence of one will more than double th...
12 April 2019
Four convicted for having over 2000 pounds of cannabis
FOUR MEN have been convicted for having in their possession over 2000 pounds of cannabis. Last Friday, Danile Baptiste, 39 of Petit Bordel; Denzil...
Young killer, recently released from jail, faces new gun related charges
TWO OTTLEY HALL residents, including one recently charged with unlawfully discharging a gun at policemen, have been brought to court charged for poss...
Man’s claim of applying for ganja licence being checked out
A MAN claiming to be in process of securing a traditional cultivator’s licence was given bail in relation to 5,054 g of cannabis, while his story i...
09 April 2019
Bail for two men facing cocaine charges
Bail has been set at $15,000 for two men from Ottley Hall who are facing numerous cocaine related charges. Junior ‘South’ James, a dock worker ...
05 April 2019
Tax defaulters may soon face charges of tax evasion
PERSONS WHO DID not take up the government’s tax amnesty offer in 2018 may soon find themselves before the local courts on tax evasion charges. ...
Layou man faces 13 year prison sentence
A “HOT TEMPERED” “braggadocious” resident of Layou who stabbed someone three times because he looked at him, was given a 13-year prison sente...
Mother, accused of abandoning her children, to be tried for manslaughter
A MOTHER accused of locking her children in the house, after which an inferno blazed through taking the life of her youngest, will stand trial at the...
