The court martial of Ordinary Seaman Raheem Reeves was halted on Friday after the judge advocate ruled that his case had been prejudiced by media reports. Upon resumption of the hearing, which had been adjourned on Monday, the issue of published reports on information coming out of a voir dire arose. Certain legal challenges that arise during the course of a trial are determined in a voir dire (trial within …
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A Barbados Defence Force (BDF) soldier, who is charged with neglect to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, contrary to Section 75 of the Defence Act, Cap. 159, pleaded not guilty on Friday at a court martial.
Private Raheem Reeves is charged with neglecting to carry out his duty as a shore police, when ordinary seaman S. Collymore admitted to him that he was involved in a serious incident at HMBS Pelican on August 25 last year.
Reeves is further charged on the same day with failing to inform his superiors that Collymore asked him to contact his parents.
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COVID watchdog gets lesson in court
Article by March 11, 2021
A charge against a woman brought before the law courts for breaching the COVID-19 protocols was amended on Wednesday, prompting the prominent criminal attorney who is defending her to urge the Government’s watchdog to be “more careful” when drafting information and charges against alleged offenders.
“This pandemic is a serious thing, but we must get it right before we seek to bring people before the courts in relation to breaches of the directives,” Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley suggested to the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit.
The comment came as a charge against his client, Davia Graham, was amended by the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court, following an application by the Crown prosecution team of Principal Crown Counsel Krystal Delaney and Senior Crown Counsel Neville Watson in association with police prosecutors Inspector Janice Ifill and Station Sergeant Crishna Graham.
Rapist’s premeditated actions punished
Article by December 11, 2020
Convict Michael Omar Kirton has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape and aggravated burglary.
“You are clearly a danger to society and clearly someone who needs to be kept off the streets for a long period of time,” Madam Justice Pamela Beckles said today as she sentenced Kirton alias
Spills of Silver Sands, Christ Church, to do time .
However, Kirton has ten years and 70 days left to serve on the sentence, after he was credited with a one third discount for his guilty plea and the 660 days he had already spent on remand.