High Court trial for Bolans man who allegedly stabbed co-worker
By Latrishka Thomas
The September assizes is when the case of a 22-year-old Bolans man charged with wounding is scheduled to be heard.
Shamar Alfred is facing the serious criminal charge after he allegedly stabbed his Royalton Resort co-worker, several times.
Alfred was a room attendant at the hotel in Five Islands, while the complainant was a chef.
The two men reportedly had an antagonistic relationship because of a difference in opinions which often led to arguments.
On January 1 2020, the complainant was said to be preparing food for guests in the kitchen and was arguing about having to work overtime since he had not been relieved by another chef.
Teenager who allowed her toddler to smoke, fined 1k
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By Latrishka Thomas
The teenage mother of a little girl seen smoking a spliff in a widely circulated video late last year has been fined $1000.
The now 19-year-old convict was charged with failing to provide care and protection to a child in October 2020.
An investigation was launched after a disturbing video of her two-year-old daughter coughing from smoking what appeared to be a spliff, while in the presence of an adult, surfaced.
As a result, the defendant was arrested and the video was extracted from her phone.
In the video, the toddler is seen holding a lit joint in her hands and coughing from smoking what appeared to be marijuana.
Bus conversion matter to be called in High Court today
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The bus conversion saga involving former finance minister Harold Lovell and two of his former United Progressive Party (UPP) colleagues, Dr Jacqui Quinn and Wilmoth Daniel, will come up before a High Court judge this morning, when the trio will enter their plea.
The three former cabinet ministers are accused of corruption, conversion and embezzlement in relation to three Daewoo buses worth over $600,000 that had been donated to the former UPP administration by the Government of Korea.
The trio had been accused of converting the buses for their personal use and had them registered at the Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board in their names, while they were in public office.
Prosecution witnesses testify that multi-murder-accused struck officer
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The only three witnesses called by the prosecution in the trial against Delano ‘Vampire Killer’ Forbes have testified that the inmate struck a prison officer with an aerosol can in his head.
The 26-year-old multi-murder-accused allegedly wounded prison officer Dwight Peters on October 7 2020 when he tried to restrain him.
Forbes previously pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful wounding before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh.
Now on trial the alleged victim was the first to give sworn evidence.
Peters told the court that on the morning of October 7 the accused was behaving poorly and was therefore asked to conduct himself appropriately.