The man who gunned down another in the busy food court at Sheraton Mall in 2019 was given a life sentence with the possibility of release only after he spends another 41 years behind bars.
And along with Hakeem Roberto Stuart’s sentence on Friday came a stern warning from Justice Carlisle Greaves to perpetrators of gun crimes bent on terrorising the
Two men who pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store eight years ago have been ordered to pay a combined $30 000 in fines.Justice Carlisle Greaves recently imposed the sentence on Dwayne Alastair Dyall, of 4th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church and Ramon Ricardo Callender, of No 3 Grazettes, New Road, St Michael.The men had pleaded guilty in the No. 3 Supreme Court to entering, as trespassers, First Stop Convenience Store, on July 11, 2014, and stealing $6 195.38 belonging to S and L Management Services Ltd.Senior State Counsel Neville Watson told the court that seven employees were on duty at the business located at Thorpes Main Road, St James on the mentioned date when two masked men entered and robbed the establishment.The culprits then fled but police investigations later led to the two suspects.
Three young men were today given an opportunity to turn their lives around when a High Court judge opted not to imprison them on a robbery charge.Instead, Justice Carlisle Greaves ordered them to serve probation and enrol in counselling programmes.He imposed the sentences on Shalom Shem Batson, 26, of Laynes Road, Britton’s Hill, St Michael; Renaco Fabico Richard Bovell, 21, of the same address and 23-year-old Carl Erwyn Sealy of Frere Pilgrim, Christ Church, when they returned to the No. 3 Supreme Court for sentencing.The young men had pleaded guilty to robbing Jamar Poulett of $427 on September 6, 2016.In revealing the facts, Senior State Counsel Neville Watson outlined that the three young men robbed Poulett, who was a conductor at the time, while he was working on a public service vehicle.
Change the country’s educational system or lose the battle against crime!That is the stern view of High Court Judge Justice Carlisle Greaves, who says there is need for the establishment of a remedial school for young, troubled youth.At the same time, the outspoken jurist has also called for an end to students being kicked out of school without alternative teaching options.Justice Greaves made the comments today in the No. 3 Supreme Court, just before sentencing three young men on a robbery charge.Shalom Batson, 26, 21-year-old Renanco Bovell and Carl Sealy, 23, had previously pleaded guilty to robbing Jamar Poulett of $427 on September 6, 2016.
The prosecution closed its case yesterday against murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart. Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 32-year-old Damian Trotman on March 21, 2019. Trotman, 32, of Highland, St Philip, was gunned down in Sheraton Centre in the area of the food court. King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim along with attorneys Sian Lange and Kamesha Benjamin are expected to begin their …