LESS THAN A WEEK after Magistrate Kim Butcher chastised lawmen for failing to give an accused his constitutionally due telephone call while in custody, police have once again been admonished. This time it is by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes, who has urged police to not only allow accused those phone calls, but also verify the addresses of people in their custody. “These are the standards that are to be met. …
Law enforcement officials are waiting on an autopsy report to determine whether a serious bodily harm charge against accused Taurean Jamal Pile should be upgraded.It was mainly for that reason that Police Constable Ralph Rollock objected to bail being granted to the 35-year-old security officer from Skeete’s Road, Jackmans, St Michael.Pile appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Kim Butcher, accused of causing serious bodily harm to Orlando Maughan on August 23 with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him. He could not plead to the indictable charge.“This particular complainant has passed away and we are waiting for the results of an autopsy in order to make certain decisions in relation to this matter. The prosecution is objecting to bail on that particular premise,” Constable Rollock told the magistrate.
Terry Orlando Grant has been remanded to the Psychiatric Hospital for three weeks for an assessment after pleading guilty to having a knife along Swan Street in Bridgetown on Tuesday.The 43-year-old resident of 11A Patience Drive, Eden Lodge, St Michael will reappear before Magistrate Kim Butcher on September 28 when he is expected to be sentenced for having the weapon in a public place without a reasonable excuse.However, he is also facing a charge of assaulting Jerome Mosely, also on August 30, which he denied committing.Station Sergeant Randolph Boyce told the court that a police officer was on duty along Swan Street when she heard a commotion and saw people running out of Cherish Cosmetique.Grant was observed with a knife in his hand gesturing toward a security guard. He was ordered, by police, to drop the knife but instead, he replied, “f k off” and ran from the scene.He was pursued and caught along Wharf Road.
Taxi operator Kirkland Joel Bowen says he was “highly intoxicated” when he damaged a door at a gas station and assaulted a police officer last Friday.“I was drinking. That person was not me; I just had too much drinks,” the 27-year-old from Wildey Main Road, St Michael said when he appeared before Magistrate Kim Butcher on Monday.He pleaded guilty to charges of damaging a door belonging to Zap Inc., or was reckless as to whether such property would be damaged, and assaulting and resisting Police Constable Wayne Marcellin as he executed his duties on August 26.Constable Ralph Rollock told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court that Bowen went to the Rubis Service Station in Fontabelle, St Michael and because he was barefoot and not wearing a mask, the security guard spoke to home.
Pre-sentencing reports have been ordered on two men who admitted to having over $20 000 worth of marijuana concealed in Bluetooth speakers.Rudolph McDonald Lewis, a 54-year-old storeroom supervisor, of Olive Lodge Road, Holder’s Hill, St James and 33-year-old disc jockey Dwayne Jamal Stanford, of Near Carlton, Black Rock Main Road, St Michael pleaded guilty to the charges before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court.According to Station Sergeant Randolph Boyce, lawmen were on duty on July 22 when they received information about a vehicle and its occupants.The motorcar was spotted travelling along the Barrow section of the ABC Highway heading towards the Norman Niles roundabout. It was stopped and the occupants were told by officers of the investigations.When the car was searched, three boxes each containing the speakers were found in the backseat. In them were a total of 19 packages of the substance wrapped in carbon and transparent tape.