Contractor Anderson Leon Browne, whose actions “destroyed the career and reputation” of a bank official who helped him at the urging of a politician, was sentenced to eight years in prison when he appeared in the No. 5A Supreme Court yesterday. However, he will serve seven years minus the time he has already spent on remand. Browne, 67, whose aliases are “Fabian Kellman”, “Shortman” or “Andy”, of Seaview Road, Ruby …
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Each of the three judges gave a differing opinion but, in the end, two of them agreed to dismiss an appeal brought by the Crown against a magistrate’s decision in a rape matter involving two men. It was in the appeal brought by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against a ruling by Magistrate Elwood Watts who was then presiding at the Oistins Magistrates’ Court. Stephen Alexander …
Man must pay for having illegal weapon
Article by March 5, 2021
The High Court has imposed a $5 000 fine on a man from Lower Carlton, St James who had a 12-gauge flare launcher.
Theodore Orlando Layne, has three months to pay the money to the No. 2 Supreme Court or he faces an alternative of two years in prison.
Madam Justice Wanda Blair handed down the ruling on the convicted man who had previously pleaded guilty before the court to the November 11, 2013 charge.
“I must say very clearly that this court is cognizant of the fact that there are too many illegal firearms on the streets of Barbados. A firearm in any form is a dangerous weapon that is capable of causing death and serious injury to hapless victims. The court has a responsibility to pass sentences toward . . . offenders.