Several serious charges, ranging from illegal gun possession to endangering life, were dismissed by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Friday due to a lack of police files on the cases.The decision resulted in six men walking out of the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court without those charges hanging over their heads.“This is wunna opportunity now . . . to grasp life, take care of your little children,” Magistrate Weekes told Adigun Rabbi Hinds, of 5A Maddison Terrace, Deacons, St Michael; Malik Derick Fenty, of 2nd Avenue Redman Road, Deacons, St Michael; Richad Barry Boyce, of 2nd Avenue Kellman Land, Black Rock, St Michael; Richard Shamario Worrell, of Derriston Road, Grazettes, St Michael; and Ranak Kadeaine Brathwaite, of Fairfield Cross Road, St Michael.The men were jointly charged with damaging a window belonging to Rosanna Ifill on May 16, 2018 as well as recklessly and without lawful authority or excuse discharging a firearm along Fairfield Road, a public place, that
A woman was remanded to Dodds until August 23 following claims that the disrespect meted out by a former partner led her to damage several of his belongings.Akilah Itasha Lavia, of Hopewell, St Thomas pleaded guilty before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to damaging a television, a fan and a speaker belonging to Dwayne Fields on August 5.She however denied entering the man’s house as a trespasser and stealing $3 700 belonging to him.
A 26-year-old mechanic who threatened a uniformed police officer has been remanded to Dodds until September 1.Javon Jerome Hinds, of 2nd Avenue Bird’s River, Deacon’s Road, St Michael appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Friday and pleaded not guilty to issuing the threatening words “You think I don’t know you. I would throw a shot in you” towards Richard Walkes on July 30.When it came time for bail, Station Sergeant Crishna Graham objected on the grounds of the seriousness of the charge as the alleged threat was made while the officer was on duty, in the uniform of the Barbados Police Service, and in a public setting.“It was the time of the Foreday Morning jam that this alleged threat was made. We cannot have the accused believing that it is alright for him to make this threat within a public setting, so that society will believe that his utterances are [acceptable],” the prosecutor submitted.
A 33-year-old woman yesterday confessed to growing ganja because “things are hard” and she had to do something to survive. Tiffany Nikita Elcock, a painter, of Fairfield Main Road, St Michael, admitted before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court to having 711 grammes of marijuana, with intent to supply and trafficking the illegal drug, on August 1. She also admitted to cultivating 12 weed trees, with …
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