A cameraman who was mere feet away from where Damian Trotman was gunned down in Sheraton Mall two years ago broke down in tears on Thursday as he recalled the incident.Christopher Wood, a videographer at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, had to be given several minutes to compose himself as he recounted dropping to the ground after hearing a loud explosion while on assignment at the popular mall.Wood was giving evidence as the murder trial of Hakeem Roberto Stuart continued in the No.3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church is accused of murdering Trotman on March 21, 2019.
A young man who accidentally killed his father a decade ago apologised to his relatives before a High Court judge imposed a suspended sentence in what he described as a “sad” and “unfortunate” case.“I just want to take the time to apologise to both sides of my family, both my father’s side and my mother’s side, for what . . . took place. I would have done everything to see my father alive, for him to see the young man I have grown into,” an emotional Renaldo Makhail Trotman said in the No. 3 Supreme Court on Friday.The Greenpark Lane, St Michael resident had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the March 23, 2012 death of 55-year-old Sylvan Trotman.Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alliston Seale disclosed that the deceased was a farmer who employed three people, including Renaldo and another son, Dwayne Pinder.
The lawyer leading the fight to prevent Alex Tasker from being deported to the United States to face money laundering charges insists the appeal against the extradition should be allowed, despite the prosecution’s suggestion that it was not filed in time.King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim made the submission on Tuesday before the Court of Appeal, insisting that even if the appeal was “out of time” under the Extradition Act, it was not under the Magistrate’s Court Act.Last September, Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes ruled that Tasker, a former senior executive at the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd (ICBL), be extradited to the US to face charges that between August 2015 and April 2016, he conspired with others to launder money from outside the country in violation of US law.Pilgrim, who along with Neville Reid and Lani Daisley are representing Tasker, subsequently appealed the decision.However, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale and Senior State Counsel Oliver T
Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim raised strong objection yesterday to a client being asked to report to a police station in light of the charges faced and the treatment he said was meted out to the accused. His comments came as Akeela Jackee Merandy Riley, 32, of Cottage Grove, St George, appeared in the District “A” Traffic Court. She denied driving a vehicle without insurance; using fraudulent licence plates; not registering …
Two St Michael men in their 20s were remanded to Dodds until August 17 on joint gun and ammunition charges.Jaden Shae Malique Arthur, a 22-year-old bartender, of King George Road, Bank Hall and Antonio Valentino Michael Joseph, a self-employed 29-year-old, from Powder Road, Station Hill appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court accused of having an illegal firearm and 16 rounds of ammunition on July 16.They were not required to plead to the indictable charges before Magistrate Kim Butcher.