A man who raped his children repeatedly for almost two years will spend the next 28 years behind bars, falling two years short of a life sentence. The 47-year-old rapist appeared in High Court #1 on Tuesday, November 29 before High Court judge Brian Cottle where a jury returned guilty verdicts on five counts of rape that occurred between December 2015 and July 2017. The first two counts were for …
Closing arguments for the prosecution have taken place in the trial of murder accused, Junior Jarvis, and the defence will continue their closing arguments today, November 25. On Wednesday, the final witness in the murder case was called and defence attorney, Kay Bacchus-Baptiste requested that a visit be made to the crime scene. The crown also requested that Crime Scene Investigator Constable Joel Williams be present during the visit. High Court Judge, …
Two years after murdering his girlfriend, Mickeisha Gumbs, former policeman, Vandyke King, 36, was on Tuesday, October 25 sentenced to 20 years in prison. The sentence was handed down by Justice Brian Cottle at High Court No.1. According to the facts, on March 7, 2020 Gumbs, a 26 year old resident of Park Hill was stabbed to death on her way home, while carrying her one year old toddler in …
HIS OWN views “notwithstanding” High Court judge, Brian Cottle last week ruled that the prosecution of two men accused of the shooting death of Redemption Sharpes resident, Lloyd Samuel will be stopped. Bound by a separate older case ruled upon by the highest court, His Majesty’s Privy Council, Cottle ordered a stay in the prosecution against Che ‘Ragga’ Bute and Azari ‘Heffer’ Ash. [caption id="attachment 159037" align="alignnone" width="1024"] AZARI ASH comforted …
A MAN who believed that a woman gave him HIV/ AIDS but continued a sexual relationship with her before strangling and repeatedly stabbing her, will serve over 21 years in prison for murder. The events of the 2018 murder were put on the court’s record by judge Brian Cottle at the High Court on Friday, September 23, when he sentenced offender, Desron Roberts. It was revealed that the now deceased …