April 30, 2009
Police To Return Rihanna's $1.4M Worth Of Jewellery LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP) - Los Angeles police will return $1.4-million dollars worth of jewellery being worn by pop star...
Tyra Banks: Fear Changed My Life NEW YORK (AP) - Supermodel-turned-TV host Tyra Banks, facing the man accused of stalking her, testified yesterday that she feared...
Fray To Be Charged Tomorrow MONTEGO BAY, St James - Twenty-one-year-old Stephen Fray is expected to be charged tomorrow for last Sunday's hijacking of CanJet...
Cash Plus boss' properties to be sold Four properties in St Andrew which are owned by the Hill Group of which former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill...
April 29, 2009
Coast Guard Arrests 9 Suspected Pirates In Seychelles NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Seychelles took custody of nine pirate suspects yesterday and accused them of trying to hijack...
Body Of Missing Woman Found In Shallow Grave HE decomposing body of a 37-year-old woman who was reported missing from home last Friday was found in a shallow...
Snoop Dogg takes stand in civil trial Snoop Dogg told jurors on Monday that he did not hit a man suing him for millions of dollars with...
April 28, 2009
UK Prosecutor: French Students Tortured For Pins LONDON, England (AP) - Robbers attacked two French students in their home in London, bound and tortured them for their...
April 27, 2009
Tyra To Testify At Alleged Stalker's NYC Trial NEW YORK, USA (AP) - Model-turned-television personality Tyra Banks is due in court this week to testify against a Georgia...
Victims Lured To Their Deaths? Police yesterday suggested that the triple murders at Sundown Crescent off the Molynes Road in Kingston were carried out by...
April 26, 2009
10-Month-Old Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident HAGUE, Trelawny - A 10-month-old infant died in a motor vehicle accident involving a truck and a car yesterday morning...
Cop among five murdered At least five persons were shot and killed yesterday, including a police officer. Constable Dwayne Chisholm of the St Thomas...
April 24, 2009
Authorities Charge Family With Spying For Israel In Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon charged a retired general, his wife and his nephew, who is a government security agent,...
Andem Gets More Jail Time JOEL Andem, the reputed former head of the feared Andem Gang, was yesterday sentenced to 32 years' imprisonment in the...
Ocho Rios High Student Fatally Stabbed OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A 17-year-old male student of the Ocho Rios High School died yesterday from injuries he...
Air Jamaica fraud probe grounded Investigations into the multimillion-dollar fraud case at Air Jamaica have been grounded for more than two weeks as the Fraud...
April 23, 2009
No charges yet for Fray Cabinet yesterday received a report on the security breaches at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, which...
April 22, 2009
Shortage of jurors delays murder trial A shortage of jurors at the Home Circuit Court has resulted in the trial of the three men charged with...
Pyne hearing set for May 26 The Medical Council of Jamaica has set May 26 as the date for the first hearing of the case involving...
April 20, 2009
Cop Accused Of Killing Wife Denied Bail RAYMOND Campbell, the St James cop who was charged with the murder of his wife last year, was on Friday...
3 To Face Trial For Hotelier's Murder THE Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court ruled Friday that three men are to face trial for the 2005 murder of hotelier...
Montego Bay Hijacker Surrenders THE gunman who last night hijacked a CanJet charter flight with 159 passengers and eight crew members on board at...
April 18, 2009
Court puts doctors' strike on hold The Ministry of Labour late yesterday afternoon secured a 28-day injunction from the Supreme Court of Jamaica to prevent industrial...
April 17, 2009
Five Accused Of Robberies In Three Parishes Held OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The Ocho Rios police yesterday arrested four men and a teenage boy who were allegedly...
$9M Injection THE Supreme Court has awarded a little over $9 million in damages to a 40-year-old Trelawny mason who suffered disability...
Court awards former dictator $106 million Indonesia's Supreme Court has reversed an earlier ruling ordering Time Magazine to pay $106 million for an article that allegedly...
Federal judge overturns 2008 Florida state law A United States (US) federal judge on Tuesday overturned a 2008 Florida state law that increased registration fees and requirements...
Deacon's case to be heard on Nov 30 Former church deacon Donovan Jones, who is charged with human trafficking involving a 14-year-old schoolgirl, is to face trial on...
April 16, 2009
Drug lord captured in jungle raid Colombia's most-wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured yesterday in a...
Mumbai terrorist trial abruptly adjourned The first trial in the Mumbai terrorist attacks was abruptly adjourned yesterday, only an hour after police pulled a large...
April 15, 2009
Cops Accused Of Corruption Arrested TWO policemen are now in custody after being held on suspicion of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act.... Continue reading this...
Courts Stops Deportation Of Man Implicated In Nazi Death Camp CLEVELAND, US (AP) - The return of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to Germany for trial on war...
April 30 Trial For Man 'Rescued' By MP THE trial of Rameish Simpson, the St Thomas man allegedly rescued by Member of Parliament James Robertson following a shooting...
Shooting Death Of 5-Y-O Under Probe POLICE investigating the Easter Monday killing of five-year-old Tavaughn McKenzie have swabbed the hands of all the people who were...
US journalist on trial in Iran An American journalist jailed in Iran and charged with espionage, stood trial behind closed doors and a verdict is expected...
Phil Spector convicted of murder Six years after actress Lana Clarkson was found dead in the foyer of legendary music producer Phil Spector's mansion, the...
April 14, 2009
Police Having Difficulty With Crawle Investigations THE case involving two policemen charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in the 2003 massacre at Crawl...
April 29 Trial For Alleged Conman A 50-year-old Kingston man, who allegedly fleeced three persons out of several million dollars is to face trial in the...
S Korean Blogger Faces 18 Months In Jail SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Prosecutors demanded an 18-month sentence yesterday for a popular South Korean blogger who is accused...
Spaniard sentenced for slaying of British couple A Spanish court has sentenced a man to nearly 40 years in prison for killing a British couple with a...
April 11, 2009
Indian con artists flee with thousands - Portland residents left holding the bag The Portland police are seeking help from Cuban authorities to locate a group of Indian store operators, who allegedly fleeced...
April 09, 2009
Retired Detectives Renew Probe In Legister/Shakes Murder But... The family of Shanna Kay Legister and Sheneka Shakes, the little girls who were brutally raped and killed in 2005,...
American Journalist Faces Espionage Charges In Iran TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An American journalist jailed for more than two months in Iran has been charged with espionage,...
April 08, 2009
Court Refuses Application To Freeze ISSA'S Assets THE Supreme Court has refused an application by St Ann businessman Arthur Von Strolley to freeze the assets of Joseph...
Man, Girlfriend On Murder Charge A man and his girlfriend are now before the Home Circuit Court on a charge of murder of an East...
Suspects In Stolen Sand Probe Return To Court May 1 THE five men charged with the alleged theft of 500 truckloads of sand from a prime beachfront property at Coral...
Iraqi journalist's sentence reduced Iraq's highest court yesterday reduced the prison sentence for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George...
April 07, 2009
Prosecutors Drop Corruption Charges Against Zuma JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - South African prosecutors yesterday dropped corruption charges against presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma, ending an eight...
April 06, 2009
Phoenix Man Held With Marijuana Frarmed In Painting DOUGLAS, Arizona (AP) - It wasn't the beauty of the paintings that caught the eye of Customs agents. It was...
Trinidad Man Accused Of Killing Estranged Wife, 2 Young Sons PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad and Tobago police say a 51-year-old man killed his estranged wife and two young sons...
Family matters in Resident Magistrate's court Most people know that matters related to maintenance, custody and domestic violence are routinely handled by Resident Magistrates. Whether it's...
29-Y-O Gets Life For 2005 Murder Of Woman A 29-year-old man who shot and killed a woman at her house in 2005, just a stone's throw from the...
April 04, 2009
Supreme Court ruling on Patterson case overturned The custody battle between Richard Patterson, son of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, and his ex-wife, Becki, a communications consultant,...
Fake cop used in lotto scam: Lewin says Grayson planted by corrupt officers A new and sinister twist was put on the words 'police recruitment' yesterday when Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley...
April 03, 2009
Constable Arrested For Allegedly Driving Stolen Corolla ORACABESSA, St Mary - A special constable assigned to the St Ann Police is now in custody in connection with...
Critics Lash Out At Afghan Law That 'Legalises Marital Rape' KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups...
Sex act clears first hurdle LEGISLATORS IN the House of Representatives hit the gavel firmly against rapists and other sex criminals when they voted to...
April 02, 2009
'Auntie Zeituni's' Asylum Case Set For 2010 BOSTON, USA (AP) - A Kenyan aunt of President Barack Obama who is fighting a deportation order will remain in...
Peter King's Killer Gets 15 Years SHELDON Pusey, the 25-year-old man convicted last month for the brutal stabbing death of former trade ambassador Peter King, was...
Accountant Gets Suspended Sentence For Fleecing Bank A 29-year-old accountant was yesterday sentenced to three years' imprisonment at hard labour for fleecing the First Global Bank and...
Bus Driver Racks Up $1.13M In Traffic Fines A Kingston bus driver who racked up more than 200 tickets and summonses for traffic violations over a three-year period,...
Fake cop walks free Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says she elected to discontinue criminal proceedings against fake cop Courtney Grayson -...
April 01, 2009
Klansman Leader Refused Bail REPUTED Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller was again refused bail when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court last week.......
Three Fined, Imprisoned For Handling Ganja THREE persons, including a woman six months pregnant and a Barbadian national, were each hit with hefty fines and imprisonment...
Another fake cop - Testifies in court for gun accused A St Catherine man who was acquitted of illegal gun and ammo possession might remain free on the count of...
