January 31, 2007
Brandy could face charges over accident Brandy could face manslaughter charges following her involvement in a fatal car crash. On December 30, 2005, the singer, whose...
Pastor pleads guilty to carnal abuse A 25-year-old pastor, Orane Ellis, who is charged with the carnal abuse of a 14-year-old girl, pleaded guilty and was...
Man charged with bribery A 21-year-old mechanic of a Mount Salem, St. James address was taken into custody by the Christiana police after he...
Women convicted of manslaughter A jury retired for more than two hours yesterday before convicting Beverly Scarlett, a vendor of 2A Penwood Road,...
Golding accuses Government of breaching Loan Act Opposition Leader Bruce Golding has accused the Government of breaching the $650 billion ceiling of the Loan Act. The charge...
Prisoner deported to Jamaica in error A man convicted of murder in the United States and who was wrongfully deported to Jamaica by U.S. officials...
$2b ganja bust Narcotics detectives yesterday dealt another massive blow to the illegal drug trade, when they seized some 15,000 lbs of compressed...
January 30, 2007
Cops injured, three dead as gang violence hits Waterford TWO policemen were injured in a knife attack yesterday in Waterford, a densely-populated community in Portmore, St Catherine, in the...
Court closes book on murder case The Crown closed its case yesterday in the trial of Beverly Scarlett, vendor of 2A Penwood Road, Kingston 11, and...
Policeman freed after eight-year trial A policeman who was on suspension for eight years waiting for the murder case against him to be disposed of,...
January 29, 2007
Lawyers appointed for alleged robber... against his will Steve McCalla, the man accused of robbing two Life of Jamaica (LOJ) sales agents, was appointed legal representation against his...
No bail for man accused of abducting, drugging and raping 12-year-old A father of three, who allegedly abducted, drugged then raped a 12-year-old girl, was denied bail in the Home Circuit...
'Hero' cops who killed wanted man face trial March 19 The three police officers who were hailed by Bull Bay, St Andrew, residents as heroes after fatally shooting wanted man,...
Rapist behind bars but so too is his victim A man was recently put behind bars for a brutal rape three years ago, but his beastly act has also...
CEOs warned: Expect lawsuits for workplace hazards Announcing a $6.4 million six-week clean-up of asbestos-ridden Succaba Pen in Old Harbour, St Catherine, the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica...
Seven women conned in overseas job scam SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The Spanish Town police have cracked an illegal overseas employment ring in which money was...
Fierce gunbattle .....5 alleged gunmen killed by police in MoBay The northcoast resort city of Montego Bay was jolted back to reality yesterday after the successful Air Jamaica Jazz and...
United States - Net widens for illegals Juan Martinez was looking forward to returning to his construction job after finishing a month-long sentence for violating probation on...
Haitians nabbed in marijuana busts Jamaica police have arrested three Haitians in connection with two large marijuana busts in the western parish of Westmoreland and...
17 alleged prostitutes arrested on 'Back Road' Police here last Friday arrested several alleged prostitutes during a series of raids at a number of hotels and guest...
January 28, 2007
Mullings breaks ranks, lashes Proceeds of Crime bill Opposition MP Clive Mullings broke ranks with his colleagues Tuesday by severely criticising the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime...
Law coming to cripple lottery scam? In an attempt to head off the threat to the local information technology (IT) industry by cyber crimes such as...
Child pornography law coming With paedophiles and other sex devils using technology, particularly Internet chat rooms and instant messengers, to lure persons into sex...
January 27, 2007
Bad-luck Berry freed of careless driving charges LEROY Berry had a change in fortune this week that took a long time in coming. Berry was freed of...
British man jailed, fined for ganja MONTEGO BAY, St James - Samuel Dyer, a resident of London, England was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail...
Couple accused of operating illegal pharmacy return to court March 16 SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A couple accused of operating a pharmacy and selling prescription drugs without a licence are...
74-year-old Englishwoman jailed for cocaine MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 74-year-old Englishwoman who was said to be suffering from myriad medical problems was yesterday...
Alleged baby snatcher remanded in custody SHELLY-ANN Rodney, the 20-year-old woman who allegedly kidnapped a two-day-old baby girl from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) last Thursday,...
Former Dyoll bosses move to clear names Two former directors of the collapsed Dyoll Insurance Company Ltd., who are charged with breaches of the Insurance Act, have...
Penalty For Pimp Parents - Senate passes act to curb human trafficking Parents or guardians who surrender custody of their children for exploitation or for payment or benefit could be charged with...
January 26, 2007
Man on murder charge returns to court Jan 31 A man who allegedly stabbed another man to death over a bag of toiletries, is facing a murder charge in...
Bus robber gets three years A man who carried out a number of robberies on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses has been sentenced to...
Turkey - Five charged with editor's death Five people have been charged with involvement in the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor, Hrant Dink, Turkish media reported yesterday. Police...
United Kingdom - Churches set to lose appeal on gay adoption law A bid by the Catholic and Anglican churches in Britain to exempt Catholic adoption agencies from being forced to place...
United States - White ex-sheriff's deputy arrested in 1964 killings A former sheriff's deputy and reputed member of the racist Ku Klux Klan was brought to the federal courthouse yesterday,...
Adamou assault case set for Feb 9 The case of the man accused of assaulting American-born business-woman, Kimberly Adamou, has been set for trial on February 9...
Privy Council agrees with DPP on Genus decision The United Kingdom Privy Council has said in its written reasons that Director of Public Prosecutions Kent Pantry, Q.C., was...
Government of Jamaica gets strict on job scams Stiffer penalties are coming as the Government moves to clamp down on unscrupulous persons who scam unsuspecting individuals seeking employment...
January 25, 2007
Schoolboy pleads guilty to shooting schoolmate THE 14-year-old Norman Manley High School student who shot and injured his 15-year-old schoolmate while showing off an illegal gun...
Alleged baby snatcher charged THE woman who allegedly kidnapped a two-day-old baby girl from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston last Thursday has...
Popular MoBay businessman's killer for sentencing tomorrow MONTEGO BAY - Michael Freebourne, one of two men accused of killing well-known Montego Bay businessman James Crichton in March...
Big ganja busts in Corporate Area Fifteen persons were taken into custody yesterday after narcotics police seized 5,000 lb of compressed ganja and more than J$2...
Proceeds of Crime Act passed The Proceeds of Crime Act, which gives legislative power to the state to forfeit property and seize proceeds obtained through...
January 24, 2007
Child abuse public education programme coming CONCERNED about the number of children who are victims of sex crimes and other abuses, the Centre for Investigation of...
Hamaty calls for 'Cane Fires Prevention Act' FROME, Westmoreland - Fred Hamaty, a former People's National Party (PNP) senator, is recommending that government enact a 'Cane Fires...
Mother arrested after daughter, 15, gives birth SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The mother of a 15-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby in December and...
Trinidad & Tobago: Panday seeks to overturn jail terms Lawyers for former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister, Basdeo Panday, Monday outlined three reasons why the Appeal Court should...
Judge awaits psychiatric evaluation to accept plea Former Jamaica Defence Force soldier Hugh Wellington, who has been in custody for more than eight years because he was...
Drug arrests linked to Jamaican's death Two men have been arrested on federal smuggling charges related to the death of an illegal immigrant from Jamaica, the...
Adamou case returns to court American-born businesswoman Kimberly Adamou, who complained last year to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about the injustices she was...
Dying words identify murder accused The prosecution is relying on a dying declaration to prove its case against Beverly Scarlett, vendor, of 2A Penwood Road,...
Cops walk free, accusers held Three policemen who were charged a year ago with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act, for allegedly collecting $100,000 from...
January 23, 2007
AIDS group alleges in lawsuit that ads promote Viagra as a party drug WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - An AIDS organisation yesterday sued Pfizer Inc over ads the group says encourage use of Viagra...
Men accused of human trafficking out on bail ACCUSED human traffickers Narcott Graham, 54, and Agon Stephens, 52, were offered bail in the sum of $300,000 when they...
Canada: Pig farmer butchered victims - prosecutors Accused serial killer Robert 'Willie' Pickton butchered his victims after death, and evidence will include heads that have been cut...
Transport delays prisoners Proceedings in the Home Circuit Court were held up yesterday for almost 40 minutes because the sole prisoner truck which...
Port Maria policeman convicted of corruption A policeman is now awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act. The policeman, Constable...
Female students quarrel, one stabbed Classes were disrupted at the Rusea's High School in Hanover yesterday following a dispute between two female students, one of...
Man in airport car park killing remanded The ex-lover of the woman whose body was found in a bus at the Sangster International Airport car park in...
Woman lured to death... Met killer through cellphone chatroom It is believed that cellular technology is behind the demise of a Portland woman, whose body was discovered in the...
January 22, 2007
Last week in The Court Taxi assoc head faces preliminary enquiry Feb 1 EGETON Newman, the president of the National Association of Taxi Operators, is...
Bahamian couple seeks justice A Bahamian couple has journeyed to Jamaica in search of the person or persons who brutally murdered their only son...
January 21, 2007
Jamaican-born judge, Sam Walker, sworn in to NY State Supreme Court WHITE PLAINS, New York - Jamaican-born Sam D Walker has been elected to the New York State Supreme Court for...
... Privy Council rules verbal directive can override written instructions A St. Elizabeth businessman, his last hope of reprieve dashed by the United Kingdom Privy Council, is now faced with...
January 20, 2007
Senior citizen placed in drug court programme An elderly woman who admitted to having an alcohol addiction problem found herself in the drug court programme after pleading...
Rugby coach, PE teacher allegedly slug it out in staff room SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A Rugby coach and a physical education teacher who allegedly exchanged blows in the staff...
News Brief J'can truck driver sentenced to life in prison HOUSTON (AP) - A truck driver from Jamaica has been sentenced to...
DPP trying to locate witness THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking the assistance of members of the public to locate a...
RM raps cop for arresting man who owed him $1,000 SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Senior St Catherine resident magistrate Lorna Errar-Gayle on Thursday chastised a policeman for allegedly arresting...
Cops lock down illegal gas station near city dump POLICE yesterday shut down an illegal gas station at Riverton City in Kingston and arrested 14 men, including two tanker...
Glimmer of hope on CCJ pact THERE was a glimmer of hope yesterday that the Government and Opposition could reach an agreement to remove the London-based...
Alleged pimps get bail The two men who were charged in May last year with trafficking in persons, arising from their alleged attempt to...
Gov't renews push for CCJ as appellate court The Government is planning to introduce legislation this calendar year, removing Jamaica from the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom-based Privy...
January 19, 2007
Three charged in Mandeville couple case remanded THREE people charged in connection with the abduction, robbery and murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn were...
Retired cop hit by pick-up truck, dies ALBION, St Thomas - Retired superintendent of police Egerton McGivan, 68, of Forest Avenue in Yallahs was killed Wednesday after...
Professor's son denied bail again RODNEY Beckles, son of principal of the UWI's Cave Hill campus Professor Hillary Beckles, was again denied bail when his...
RM warns against setting new age range for incest KINGSTON Resident Magistrate and chair of the Eastern Circuit of Children's Courts Paula Blake Powell has cautioned the Joint Select...
Jury says Kilancholly suspect fit to plead A seven-member jury has found that 31-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry, who allegedly murdered three children at Kilancholly, St. Mary,...
Security guards convicted, to serve 27 years Two former security guards charged with the robbery of over $150 million that was stolen from a Guardsman armoured vehicle...
January 18, 2007
Woman facing child-stealing charge A woman is facing a charge of child-stealing in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court after allegedly abducting a child she...
PSOJ to target the rule of law With the murder rate racing past 70 since the start of the year, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)...
Clarke denies Christie's claims Amid Opposition calls for her resignation, Petroleum Company of Jamaica (PETCOM) chairperson, Barbara Clarke, has rebutted allegations by the Contractor...
...! - RM wants action taken against unlawful reporting of child sex abuse Inappropriate news reporting of sexual offences perpetrated against, or involving children has drawn the ire of at least one resident...
No ease up on buggery restrictions - A-G Attorney-General A.J Nichol-son has reiterated that the Govern-ment has no plans to decriminalise buggery. The matter came up again yesterday...
January 17, 2007
Traffic court issues arrest warrants for 818 motorists THE Kingston Traffic Court on Monday issued 818 warrants for the arrest of traffic offenders who were ticketed by the...
Cops question couple charged with illegal possession of ammunition SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Up to late yesterday afternoon senior detectives were questioning a couple arrested and charged with illegal possession...
Taxi association head charged with carnal abuse THE National Transport Authority, the regulatory body of public transportation in the island, has distanced itself from the pending criminal...
Lyn suspects charged with murder The two suspects who were being questioned in connection with the murder of Mandeville couple Richard and Julia Lyn have...
Psychiatrists of different minds on murder suspect Psychiatrist Dr. Arlene McGill testified yesterday that five weeks after 31-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry allegedly stabbed to death three...
January 16, 2007
Mother, daughters face court The murder trial of Beverly Scarlett and her two adult daughters who are charged jointly with the murder of Scarlett's...
Accountant accused of dismembering wife remanded Forty-two-year-old Aston Campbell, charged for allegedly hacking his wife to death and dumping her body parts in a pit latrine,...
Jury panel to determine fitness of Kilancholy murder accused A seven-member jury was empanelled yesterday to determine whether 31-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry who is charged with the murder...
January 15, 2007
Boy on murder charge gets Feb court date A 13-year-old boy who is accused of murdering his five-year-old neighbour by giving him a deadly brew of the weed...
Chief Justice honoured Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe has become the first serving Jamaica jurist to receive the signal tribute of being inducted as...
A habitual cross-dresser A 17-year-old boy, who deceived the police by appearing as a woman and was recently remanded at a women's prison...
January 14, 2007
Sentenced to church The term 'Restorative justice' does not mean much to many Jamaicans, but for 25-year-old, Marlon Longford, it is an intervention...
January 13, 2007
Man held with ganja to be sentenced next Friday MONTEGO BAY- Steve Cooper, a St Ann man who now resides in New York in the United States, pleaded guilty...
Carib judge willing to aid Maroons in Cockpit resistance An Eastern Caribbean judge has expressed his willingness to offer general advice to the Maroons as they continue their fight...
New law to tackle Internet scams In response to overwhelming concerns relating to Internet fraud, Parliament is to introduce, in the coming months, a law that...
January 12, 2007
Cisco sues Apple over Apple Inc's much-ballyhooed iPhone was unveiled this week after 30 months and millions of dollars in top-secret development. But the...
Beckles denied bail Rodney Beckles, son of Hilary Beckles, principal of the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Cave Hill campus, was denied...
January 11, 2007
Case against Spanish Town mayor, six others dismissed SPANISH TOWN St Catherine - The case against Spanish Town Mayor Dr Andrew Wheatley and six other people who were...
Cousin an' cousin - Call for Parliament to outlaw close relatives marrying Should there be a law barring first cousins from marrying each other? That taboo question was raised during yesterday's meeting...
Don't touch! - Christian legal group wants sanctions against fondling The advocacy group, Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, is calling for legal sanctions against fondling, and what it characterises as inappropriate touching,...
January 10, 2007
FirstCaribbean cleared of Trafigura wrong Three months after it became embroiled in an alleged breach of customer confidentiality in the Trafigura scandal, FirstCaribbean International Bank...
Jury considers death sentence for Jamaican truck driver HOUSTON, Texas (AP) - Jurors began deliberating yesterday on a possible death sentence for a Jamaican truck driver convicted of...