May 31, 2009
Iraqi ex-minister arrested Iraq's former trade minister wanted on a corruption charge was arrested yesterday at the Baghdad airport after attempting to leave...
Stern braces for court action NORTH WEST Clarendon could head to the poll as early as August to vote in a by-election for the constituency,...
May 30, 2009
Phil Spector Sentenced To 19 Years To Life LOS ANGELES, California (AP) - Phil Spector was sentenced yesterday to 19 years to life in prison for the murder...
The DPP'S Ruling In The Janice Allen Case (Part 5) Regarding the absence of Detective Inspector Lynval Dunchie from the trial in Portland, in his statement submitted shortly after Allen's...
Attorney: Rihanna will attend Chris Brown's hearing LOS ANGELES (AP):Rihanna's attorney says she will appear at a hearing next month as a possible witness in the assault...
Azan's application before the court The application which People's National Party candidate Richard Azan had filed in the Supreme Court to have Member of Parliament...
...(ISCF) makes good on its promise to take Government to court Members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) have taken the Government to court in an effort to get an...
Jolted six sent to town Six of nine persons reportedly held in a JOLT (Jamaican Operations Linked to Telemarketing) task force operation in St James...
May 29, 2009
The DPP'S Ruling In The Janice Allen Case (Part 4) What is Fraud? The Court has never ventured to lay down as a general proposition, what should constitute fraud. However,...
DPP To Rule On 'Lottery Cops' Today DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is expected to make a ruling today on the case involving 18 alleged rogue...
$2m for kin of Jamaican who died on US hospital floor The family of a woman who died on a hospital floor, struggling to get up while staffers ignored her, has...
May 28, 2009
Students Accused Of Robbing School Offered Bail MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three students of a Montego Bay High School and an adult, who robbed the institution...
The DPP'S Ruling In The Janice Allen Case (Part 3) UPON enquiries we are, to the best of our present information, advised that Detective Inspector Lynval Dunchie is now retired...
15-Y-O Driver Charged In Fatal Joyride Gets Bail THE 15-year-old driver who crashed his father's pick-up into a utility pole, killing three of his friends during a late...
Court gives Bill Clarke stay in Scotia house Former Scotiabank boss William 'Bill' Clarke is to remain in the company house and keep two company cars until his...
...Shower Posse members caught, sent back to US to face drug charges Two Jamaicans, alleged members of the notorious drug ring known on the streets as the Shower Posse, have been extradited...
...Vaz with millions in court cost - JLP MP says claim unreasonable LESS THAN a month after Abe Dabdoub went to court to have government minister Michael Stern declared bankrupt, another Jamaica...
May 27, 2009
SC Judge Oks Settlement Over James Brown Estate COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - More than two years into a protracted battle over how to parcel out James Brown's...
OJ Simpson Appeals Vegas Armed Robbery Conviction LAS VEGAS, USA (AP) - OJ Simpson has appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for armed...
The DPP'S Ruling In The Janice Allen Case (Part 2) What were the challenges that faced the prosecution in the trial of the case in the portland circuit in 2004?......
Mexican Police Detain Top Officials In Bust MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Police detained 18 officials and former officials, including mayors and top police officers, in an...
Deadly Joyride A late night joyride turned deadly on Monday when a pickup truck driven by a 15-year-old boy crashed into a...
Critical change made to Clarke ruling - lawyers The lawyers representing retired Scotiabank boss William 'Bill' Clarke in his dispute with the bank are claiming that a critical...
May 26, 2009
The DPP's ruling in the Janice Allen case I am "fully conscious of the tragic circumstance of this case and the pain and indignation which the appellant, Ms...
Court clears property transfer despite claims of debt-dodging The Court of Appeal has set aside a Supreme Court ruling that a property in Golden Acres, St Catherine, was...
Land bypass - Process to amend Crown Property law under way If the Cabinet has its way, the Land Divestment Advisory Committee will no longer have a say in the divestiture...
May 25, 2009
District Constable Pleads Guilty To Wounding SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - District Constable Michael Bernard last week pleaded guilty in the Westmoreland Circuit Court to a wounding charge...
June 1 Trial For Man On Fruad Charge A man who denied that he collected $20,000 from a motorist, to recover his vehicle which was seized, is to...
Another cop slain - Overall homicides dip but rural killings rise A 27-year-old cop who was gunned down on the weekend as he tried to foil a robbery was on Sunday...
May 24, 2009
...Legal battle for private landowners while the state just signs eviction orders A COURT battle is the only safe and legal option available to private landowners who want to evict squatters from...
May 23, 2009
Taxi Operator Gets Nine Months, Fine $750,000 For Cocaine A taxi operator was Thursday sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $750,000 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's...
Cigarette Makers Lose Appeal In Landmark Case WASHINGTON, USA - A federal appeals court yesterday agreed with the major elements of a 2006 landmark ruling that found...
Ronaldo wanted in court Ronaldo wanted in court Published: Saturday | May 23, 2009 SAO PAULO (AP): Ronaldo will go on trial at...
Drogba, Bosingwa charged UEFA charged Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa with misconduct yesterday for insulting the referee after Chelsea's elimination from the Champions...
Husbands, beware! Debate on marital rape leads to life for spouses A MAN found guilty of marital rape under the proposed sexual offences bill could be put behind bars for life...
May 22, 2009
Amendment to act calls out fathers Cabinet has given drafting instructions to the chief parliamentary counsel to amend the Registration, Birth and Death Act to require...
...- Court strips Mair of NE St Catherine seat; voters to elect MP on June 16 THE CONSTITUENTS of North East St Catherine will go to the polls on June 16 to elect a member of...
May 21, 2009
British Woman On Cocaine Rap Gets Bail MONTEGO BAY, St James - A British woman and her male Jamaican companion were on Tuesday offered bail in the...
College Dropout On Multiple Fraud Charges Denied Bail MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 19-year-old Community College dropout who is alleged to have taken part in a multi-million...
May 20, 2009
Italian Police Arrest Leading Naples Mobsters ROME, Italy (AP) - Italian police arrested one of the country's "most dangerous" fugitives in raids early yesterday that netted...
Killer gets life in prison Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh has sentenced 23-year-old labourer Mohinder Singh of Greenwich Town, Kingston 12, to life imprisonment for...
Ding-ding! - Mitchell-Mair citizenship hearing begins Thursday Thursday will be the kick-off date for the legal battle royal between People's National Party (PNP) candidate and caretaker for...
Businessman arrested for seized cars, auto parts A businessman has been arrested for being in possession of two cars suspected to have been stolen and a number...
May 19, 2009
Saudi Man Convicted Of Murder Beheaded RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi authorities have beheaded a Saudi national who was convicted of shooting another man to...
24 Egyptians Get Death Sentence On Murder Charges CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian judge has sentenced 24 men to death for a shootout last year in a...
Myanmar's Democracy Leader Suu Kyi Goes On Trial YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial yesterday, as hundreds of riot police ringed...
Evidence not ready in Fray's case A statement from an inspector of police, copies of the airport surveillance tapes, ballistics and, most important, a psychiatric evaluation...
May 18, 2009
Bajan Fined, Jailed For Ganja A Barbados man was last week fined just over $100,000 and sentenced to three months in jail for 11 1/4...
Guard Accused Of Fatal Stabbing Remanded MAURICE Nelson, a security guard, who reportedly stabbed and killed a man after he refused to leave the grounds of...
Greenwich Town Killer Gets Life In Prison A Kingston man who in 2003 shot dead a member of his Greenwich Town community was on Friday sentenced to...
Soldier Accused Of Robbing Visitors, Returning Residents Released THE police have released a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) private who was arrested in connection with a robbery spree targeting...
May 17, 2009
Airport drug bust CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, assisted by narcotics and other law enforcement personnel, seized more than 165 pounds of cocaine and 175 pounds...
'Dad raped us' - Sisters accuse father of years of sexual abuse The pain of 47-year-old Brigitte Smith is poignant as she revealed to The Sunday Gleaner how her now 72-year-old father...
May 16, 2009
Journalist Charged For Killing Fish On TV COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - A Danish journalist is to go on trial next week for killing 12 guppy fish with...
Court To Accept Video Evidence In 'Bungles' Case SENIOR Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday ruled that video and audio recordings in the corruption case against Superintendent Harry 'Bungles'...
Kern takes director of public prosecutions (DPP) to court Former State Minister and Member of Parliament 33-year-old Kern Spencer, who is facing charges stemming from the multimillion-dollar Cuban lightbulb...
Hijacker's father to face court next month Earl Fray, the father of attempted hijacker Stephen Fray, will return to court on June 8 when his case of...
May 15, 2009
King To Stand Trial For Sexual Assault LONDON, England (AP) - Jamaica striker Marlon King will go on trial in October to answer to allegations that he...
American Journalists Detained In North Korea To Go On Trial June 4 SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea yesterday set a June 4 trial date for two detained American journalists, further...
Eight arrested for sending 'drug money' to the island Police arrested eight people yesterday suspected of sending drugs money to Jamaica in an international money laundering network, according to...
Jamaican charged in Cayman A Jamaican investment manager has been charged in the Cayman Islands following the collapse of four hedge funds based in...
Students, teacher found with ganja Two men caught with four schoolgirls in a van, with matter suspected to be marijuana, were last night being grilled...
Sisters help nab 72-y-o dad on sex rap After 40 years, four sisters will have their day in court having succeeded in getting their father arrested for sexual...
May 14, 2009
Muschett High Student Pleads Guilty To Theft FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A 16-year-old grade 10 student at the Muschett High School in Trelawny yesterday pleaded guilty in the...
PCB takes ICC to court Pakistan has taken the International Cricket Council to court, filing a case yesterday against the ICC's attempt to move the...
Lawyer in hot seat - Haughton-Cardenas to come clean over client accounts Attorney-at-law Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas is to face the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) because of her failure to...
May 13, 2009
October Trial For Cop Charged With Teenager's Murder CONSTABLE Rushon Hamilton, the cop charged with murdering 14-year-old student, Jhaneel Goulbourne will stand trial in October.... Continue reading this...
Kingfish Nets Major Player In Drug Trade OPERATION Kingfish says a man who was arrested in an operation last week in Kingston has turned out to be...
Bill Clarke Back To Court On May 26 WILLIAM 'Bill' Clarke, the retired president of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Jamaica), will later this month commence his bid...
Special Constables To Test Wage Freeze In Court SPECIAL constables are taking Government to court over its decision to freeze wages for the 2009/10 fiscal year. The approach...
United States - John Muhammad's lawyer wants sentence thrown out Convicted Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad should never have been allowed to act as his own lawyer for part of...
4-y-o girl raped in St Ann There is anger and grief in sections of St Ann after the abduction and rape of a four-year-old girl in...
The ruling that Swept Away bank profits Last Friday's Court of Appeal decision that rendered hotels' bank-investment income taxable countered the interpretation of Swept Away principals that...
May 12, 2009
Venezuela - Authorities seize two tons of cocaine Venezuelan authorities have seized about two tons of cocaine and arrested three suspects in their largest drug bust in recent...
PepsiCo sues Pepsi Bottling Group over meeting Soft drink maker PepsiCo Inc said Monday it is suing its largest bottler, marking the company's first move since Pepsi...
Man charged in stolen car-parts find Flying Squad detectives have laid criminal charges against a St Catherine man in connection with more than $100 million in...
May 11, 2009
Privy Council finds holes in Olint case - Says courts a law unto themselves The United Kingdom Privy Council has said that some of the ex parte injunctions granted in the Jamaican courts show...
Bungling slows Daley case - Proceedings to restart Wednesday The alleged video and audio recordings of Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley accepting protection money from a businessman have sparked many...
Shooting rattles HWT Gunshots rang out at the Nelson Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, yesterday, forcing commuters to scurry for cover...
Justice from grave - Dead eyewitness has last say in son's murder Anyone who thinks dead men, or women, tell no tales is dead wrong. Despite the gun slaying of Valerie Walker,...
May 10, 2009
Jury Clears Rapper Snoop Dogg Of Man's Beating SANTA MONICA, California (AP) - A civil jury says Snoop Dogg didn't hit a man who came up on stage...
Mobile Reserve cop killed in Irish Pen POLICE PERSONNEL in St Catherine have launched a search for the killer or killers of Constable Metro Tulloch of the...
May 09, 2009
Killings rock rural community ALMOST A day after a murder-suicide occurred in the quiet farming district of Cockburn Pen, Trelawny, the community has again...
Gruesome - Inverness mourns for Tamieka Athaliah Reynolds and Angella Chin, Gleaner Writers TEARS FLOWED freely down the faces of the women of Inverness district in...
May 08, 2009
Antigua - Bird, other ALP members charged Opposition Leader Lester Bird and six other members of the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) have been charged, while a...
Hijacker's father faces gun charges Earl Fray, father of Stephen Fray, attempted hijacker, is expected to be charged with 'negligence caused in the theft or...
May 07, 2009
Police Mum On Arrest Of Colleagues FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A policeman attached to the Narcotics Division and an ex-soldier have both been arrested in connection with...
Truck Driver Shot And Killed In Falmouth FALMOUTH,Trelawny - Investigators from the Falmouth CIB are frantically probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a truck driver...
Narrow Escape! MONTEGO BAY, St James-A man who on Monday abducted and attempted to rape a 17-year-old Mount Alvernia High School student...
May 06, 2009
Former Suriname trade minister sentenced Former Trade Minister Sieg-fried Gilds was sentenced to 12 months in jail on Monday, after he was found guilty of...
Businessman after his seized millions Clarendon businessman Winston Pusey, who is contesting the seizure of US$53,000 (J$4.6 million) under the Proceeds of Crime Act, was...
Court overturns cop's conviction in shooting case A policeman who was convicted in July 2007 of unlawful wounding and sentenced to 18 months' imprison-ment has been freed...
...- Would-be hijacker remains speechless throughout proceedings Staring nine counts of illegal possession of a firearm, shooting with intent and robbery with aggravation in the face, accused...
May 05, 2009
Flying Squad arrests 12 in vehicle find Although the Police Flying Squad recovered stolen motor vehicles and parts valuing more than $100 million and took 12 men...
May 04, 2009
Austria - Vienna man arrested for poisoning five people Police in Vienna say they have arrested a man suspected of poisoning five people by serving them tainted drinks at...
United States - Most charges dropped in US ritual sex-abuse cases There was a lot of public attention when leaders of two obscure churches in the Ozarks woods were accused of...
Businesswoman slain Fifty-year-old business-woman Merlene McDonald was brutally gunned down by unknown assailants outside her home at Boundbrook Avenue in Portland shortly...
May 03, 2009
Judge calls for more protection for road users A judge has pointed out that there is no law to make the Government liable when persons are injured or...
May 02, 2009
Woman freed of manslaughter A St Catherine woman who was charged with manslaughter after colliding with a motorcyclist was freed in the St Catherine...
May 01, 2009
Mexican Authorities Capture Drug Gang Leader MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) - Mexican police yesterday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24...
Retrial ordered for convicted rapist A lawyer's failure to advise an accused man to call character witnesses to give evidence before the jury as to...
No new trial for cop in Allen case The policeman who was acquitted in the highly publicised Janice Allen case will not face another trial. Director of Public...
Fray charged Would-be hijacker Stephen Fray has been charged. The Gleaner learnt last night that Fray has been slapped with charges of...
