A man awaiting surgery for a kidney-related illness was yesterday fined $120,000 or six months’ imprisonment at hard labour on ammunition charges. Daniel Chung pleaded guilty to unauthorised possession of ammunition in the Kingston and St Andrew.
WESTERN BUREAU: In a message to the investigative agencies of the Crown and the State, Jamaica’s Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has warned that the courts will not continue to accommodate the significant inefficiencies in the submission of court cases.
Back in 1974, heightened concerns about gun crimes not least murder influenced the Michael Manley-led People's National Party (PNP) Government to enact draconian measures, including the Gu.
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ declaration that Jamaica’s parish courts, where citizens are more likely to interact with the justice system, are now backlog-free is a development to be celebrated. But this newspaper won’t be overly wild about it just.
Jamaica’s justice system is again under scrutiny following reports that a woman who has been on bail for the past six years waiting for the records of her case to be sent to the Court of Appeal was imprisoned last Tuesday, reportedly because of a.