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A prosecutor has urged the High Court to impose a hefty fine or a lengthy prison sentence on a landscaper who had a “cannabis farm” in his backyard.
But the convicted man’s lawyer argued strongly against throwing the book at his client, considering that “we are now faced at the local level with the licensing of growing marijuana”.
Acting Senior State Counsel
A man who touched the private parts of the seven-year-old has been ordered to pay her $2 500 in compensation but has the opportunity to avoid further jail time.
Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell imposed a combination sentence – a suspended sentence and a compensation order – on the offender on Friday, giving him until April 29 to pay up or he
A first-time gun offender is being allowed the opportunity to rehabilitate himself with a High Court judge imposing on him a total of $16 000 in fines rather than an immediate term of imprisonment.
However, Kadeem Shakeel Mayers will only stay out of prison if he pays all the money.
“The court notes that the now-convicted man has removed himself from associating
Firearm offences must be prosecuted in Barbados’ courts more speedily in order for sentences to have the intended deterrent effect.Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell made that point on Friday as she fined Davey Reynold Prescod, of No. 1 Whitehall, St Michael, for having a .40 calibre pistol and eight rounds of ammunition without a licence on December 10, 2008.The judge pointed out that Prescod’s case only reached the High Court in 2020.“The court must state clearly that the delay in having this matter prosecuted moved the court from the position of a custodial sentence, in light of his previous conviction for ammunition, to a fine,” she stated.