February 29, 2012
PMs say CLICO debacle could threaten CARICOM The financial problems plaguing the Trinidad-based Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) and its sister company, British American Insurance Company, could...
Defence rests at Stanford's trial Attorneys for Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford rested their case on Monday without having the once high-flying businessman testify at...
Jennifer Hudson to turn witness at murder trial? Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial of a man accused of killing her...
Alleged Stone Crusher boss could get bail next week A decision will be made on March 9 as to whether the alleged leader of the St James-based Stone Crusher...
February 28, 2012
'Dudus' sentencing put off again NEW YORK, USA - Former Tivoli Gardens fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke will have to wait until March 16 to learn...
Cops, INDECOM battle continues Legal arguments began yesterday in the motion brought by the eight policemen who are challenging the powers of the Independent...
They're bad boys Faced with fresh claims of abuse by five high-profile inmates at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in St Andrew, prison...
February 27, 2012
Prosecutor says hard drives erased in Stanford case AP-A prosecutor has told jurors at Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's fraud trial that computer hard drives belonging to the...
Myrie might have fabricated assault story - B'dos officials Investigations carried out by the Barbadian police have suggested that Jamaican Shanique Myrie might have fabricated her alleged assault at...
'Livity' Coke injured during violent resistance, says JDF LEIGHTON 'LIVITY' Coke reportedly fought three soldiers, relieving one of his baton, at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre (HARC) last...
February 26, 2012
'Livity' Coke beaten in prison Two decades after his father, Lester Lloyd 'Jim Brown' Coke, mysteriously perished in a blaze in a prison cell, Leighton...
February 25, 2012
Stanford's bank properly audited - accountant There was nothing "extravagant" about millions that were paid to the outside auditor of jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's...
CCJ rules against Suriname in flour dispute The Caribbean Court of Justice on Thursday ruled against Suriname for failing to impose a tax on non-CARICOM flour in...
Six months or $10,000 for lying to US embassy A woman who presented a forged document to the United States embassy was ordered to pay $10,000 or serve a...
Schizophrenia stopped me from coming to court ORLANO Gayle, who is charged with larceny contended in court that his schizophrenia stopped him from attending court.... Continue reading...
Maximum - US prosecutors call for longest possible sentence for Dudus CONFESSED GANGSTER Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has requested that US federal judge Robert Patterson suspend his sentencing date until March 16....
February 24, 2012
Lawyer writes for justice ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Sean Kinghorn who is representing one of his colleagues who was injured on Highway 2000 when her motorcar collided...
Ganja, boat and cars seized at Big Bridge POLICE in Westmoreland seized a large quantity of ganja during an operation in the Big Bridge area of the Parish....
Suspects in 'Bunny Francis' murder remanded THE four men charged with the murder of Roderick 'Bunny' Francis, a high-profile player in the local fishing industry, have...
Accused cop for court next week The policeman who is accused of murdering a 14-year-old schoolgirl appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday and his trial...
Men freed in 'Farmer Greg's' murder The two men charged with the murder of 32-year-old Greg Gordon, popularly known as 'Farmer Greg', have been freed. A...
Butch's cases against 'Motty' alive in Supreme Court The Court of Appeal last Friday ruled in favour of Gordon 'Butch' Stewart on an appeal brought by Stewart, Christopher...
February 23, 2012
18 cops hauled before court; accused of breaching Corruption Prevention Act HEAD of the St Catherine North Police Division Senior Superintendent Anthony Castelle and his predecessor Superintendent Assan Thompson were among...
Bunny Francis' alleged killers remanded THE four men charged with the murder of Roderick 'Bunny' Francis, a high-profile player in the local fishing industry, have...
Man hauled before court over stolen car A man implicated in the robbery of a motorcar last June was on Tuesday offered $150,000 bail when he appeared...
Rio Cobre fish kill case hits snag THE Rio Cobre fish kill case against mining company WINDALCO has hit a snag.... Continue reading this article Author: Observer...
Soldier accused of stealing BlackBerry to go on trial March 29 A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Corporal who reportedly stole a BlackBerry cellular phone is to go on trial in the...
47-y-o woman gets three years for cocaine A 47-year-old woman who was held with over six pounds of cocaine while entering the island on February 14, was...
DYC Fishing assets frozen by court THE SUPREME Court has issued a freeze on the assets of DYC Fishing following a ruling that the company is...
Major dent - Drug traffickers hit hard EMPOWERED BY the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), the Financial Investigations Division (FID) has dealt a significant blow to the...
Senior police officers to return to court in March SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT of Police Assan Thompson, who is accused of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act, appeared before the Corporate Area...
February 22, 2012
Men arrested for uttering forged cheques THE Westmoreland Police have arrested and charged two men for uttering forged cheques.... Continue reading this article Author: Observer Reporter...
Suitcase infant couple fit to stand trial THE Toronto couple whose infant son's decomposing body was found in a suitcase inside their Kingston home have been declared...
Swim coach on murder rap remanded THE swimming coach who is accused of stabbing to death a University of Technology student last month, during a dispute...
Walker pleads not guilty FORMER Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker yesterday pleaded not guilty to two counts of breaching the Contractor General Act when...
Drug Court success FIVE recovering drug addicts started a new chapter in their lives two weeks ago when they graduated from a substance...
PwC selling Cash Plus hotel to recover fees, But legal fight not over The Hillshire Hotel has been placed on the market for sale by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to recover fees for two employees...
February 21, 2012
Walker challenges OCG in High Court FORMER Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker is now challenging in the High Court the contractor general's recommendation that he be...
German on child porn rap remanded again THE German businessman accused of being the mastermind behind an alleged pornography ring and fertility centre in Jamaica was further...
Men accused of house sale racket remanded Two men accused of swindling $7.5 million from a woman for a house which was not on sale were yesterday...
Massive St James raid leads to 30 arrests, 12 vehicles seized Following the arrest of 30 people and the seizure of properties in raids across St James last weekend, Assistant Commissioner...
February 20, 2012
Retired teacher in trouble Retired teacher Olga Green is slated to return to the Whithorn Resident Magistrate's Court in West-moreland on May 3, when...
Man gets bail in old woman's death A man accused of causing the death of an old woman in a car accident was last Wednesday offered $250,000...
Men who conned woman of $7.5-m kept in jail Two men who reportedly conspired to deceive a woman out of $7.5 million for a house which they did not...
Prisoner dies in custody, woman shot dead in St Elizabeth SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - The St Elizabeth police were kept busy last Saturday following the death of a man...
Accused girlfriend puncher gets bail extension MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A Manchester man who is alleged to have punched out two of his girlfriend's teeth, last week...
February 19, 2012
Bail extended for man accused of punching girlfriend MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A Manchester man who is alleged to have punched out two of his girlfriend's teeth had his...
Gun, ammo seized in car park THE Brown's Town Police this morning seized an illegal firearm and ammunition at a car park on Main Street, Brown's...
Young girls still in adult prisons JAMAICAN children are still being held in adult prisons and lock-ups almost four years since the horrific fire at the...
Stone Crusher Gang members nabbed in Hanover FOUR persons, including a woman, who are believed to be members of the St James based Stone Crusher Gang, remain...
DRIVING FRAUD - Motorists buying fake documents FAKE driver's licences, fraudulent insurance cover notes and the presence of corrupt public officials are making a mockery of mechanisms...
Couple mistakenly denied access to bank funds A couple who complained that a Supreme Court freezing order was wrongfully applied to their accounts at CIBC FirstCaribbean International...
February 18, 2012
Pakistan bowler named in fixing plot LONDON (AP):A judge sentencing an English cricketer to jail yesterday accused Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria of pressuring teammates at county...
Student killed during Jamaica Day celebrations JAMAICA Day celebrations at the Spanish Town High School in St Catherine were marred yesterday by the stabbing death of...
Beware your parents tears, judge warns When Andre Thomas, who is charged with obtaining money under false pretense, appeared before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey in the...
Seize them! THE Financial Investigations Division (FID) scored a major victory yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled that US$1.3 million which was...
February 17, 2012
Woman charged for murdering sister A woman who is accused of slaughtering her sister and burying her body in concrete, was on Monday charged with...
Cabbie loses car over ganja A taxi driver on Wednesday lost his car and was also fined a total of $33,600, over seven pounds of...
Woman cop vindicated A woman detective corporal from the St James Police Division who was arrested by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)...
Prosecutors rest, defence begins in fraud trial of Texas financier Attorneys for jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford on Wednesday began their defence in his fraud trial after prosecutors rested...
Myrie v Barbados government has first mention in CCJ The case brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian government had its first hearing yesterday in the Caribbean Court...
Defence begins argument in case of 'Farmer Greg's' murder The Crown has closed its case in the trial of the two men charged with the murder of 32-year-old Greg...
February 16, 2012
Person implicated in Bunny Francis' murder released THE police, acting on the advice of independent doctors, have allowed the person taken into custody Tuesday for the murder...
Kartel back in court March 14 THE marijuana trial of popular dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was on Monday postponed in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's (RM)...
Increased instances of family disputes evidence of social disorder - Forbes THE DISPUTE Resolution Foundation (DRF), the body set up to mediate personal and business conflicts, has said family disputes account...
February 15, 2012
NEPA charges two for environmental breaches in Portland THE National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) has successfully prosecuted two cases of environmental breaches in Portland.... Continue reading this...
Defence insists INDECOM has powers to arrest, prosecute Attorney-at-law Richard Small told the Constitutional Court yesterday that the position of the commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations...
Elephant Man back in court next month POPULAR deejay Elephant Man's electricity theft trial is scheduled to start in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on March...
Haiti welcomes legal intervention The United States State Department is sending a team of experts in international law to Haiti to look at ways...
February 14, 2012
Wife attacks 'matey', pays $25,000 PERSONS attending a session of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court were on Tuesday sent into laughter over a case...
Shopkeeper sentenced to school AN illiterate shopkeeper was yesterday sentenced to two years of remedial learning, with a strong warning that he would be...
US prosecutors want Buju gun conviction restored United States prosecutors have scoffed at claims by attorneys representing convicted Jamaican dancehall superstar Buju Banton that he should be...
UNBELIEVABLE Another cop is in hot water over fabricated witness statements and again the spotlight is on the St James Police...
February 13, 2012
Vybz Kartel ganja trial postponed THE ganja trial of popular dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel, was postponed in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court today.... Continue...
Taxi driver with 54 traffic breaches stripped of licence MONTEGO BAY, St James - A Montego Bay taxi driver who racked up over 50 traffic breaches over a 22-month...
4 guns seized by cops THE police in various operations seized four firearms and several assorted rounds of ammunition across the island on Saturday.... Continue...
NEPA prosecutes developer, farmer THE National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) has successfully prosecuted two cases of environmental breaches which resulted in convictions and...
Woman cop arrested A woman detective corporal from the St James Police Division was arrested this afternoon by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch.......
February 12, 2012
Two held in Lucea gun seizure THE Lucea Police seized a 9mm Glock pistol, 10 cartridges and a magazine while on patrol on the Hopewell main...
Drivers in Pen Hill Rd crash charged The two drivers whose buses were involved in last Tuesday's crash along the Pen Hill main road in Manchester have...
Fraud Buster LITERALLY with the stroke of a pen, a high-profile murder case involving the alleged leader of the notorious Stone Crusher...
'Persecuted' by the court? A man who was served last week with summonses to attend court to answer to charges of fraudulent evasion of...
February 11, 2012
Man slaps landlady in eye with padlock over keys REMAR Spence, who was arrested for clouting his landlady in her eye with a padlock, was offered $50,000 bail with...
What's in a name? Accused man has seven identities A man who police say uses seven identities was remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...
Convicted thief gets six month sentence GARTH Ranger, who pleaded guilty to breaking into two cars and stealing several items, was sentenced to six months in...
Trelawny Parish Council gets 28-day ultimatum THE TRELAWNY Parish Council is to face court action if public-health concerns existing in three of its facilities are not...
Man on unaccounted money possession charge offered bail A St James man, who was arrested after failing to properly account for $148,000 that he had in his possession,...
Landlord accused of getting tenant beaten up to stand trial Olivia Riddock, who allegedly got a gang to beat up a tenant who was negligent in paying his utility bills,...
February 03, 2012
Cop who fabricated evidence against murder accused flees island A Police sergeant who has been implicated in perverting the course of justice and uttering forged documents has fled the...
Minors on extortion rap in Manchester MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Five young boys charged with extortion appeared in front of Resident Magistrate Oswald Burcheson with their parents...
JFJ 'elated' after cop charged with manslaughter for 2007 killing RIGHTS group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has hailed the Coroner's Inquest verdict that a special constable be charged with manslaughter...
Digicel suit against FTC set for February 28 THE suit filed by telecoms giant Digicel challenging the legal standing of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to oppose its...
Employment agency operators on fraud charge to return to court MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Giadrius Mazurka, a man of Scandinavian origin on fraud charges, and his co-accused Juliet Campbell had their...
Elephant Man gets bail DANCEHALL artiste Elephant Man was on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared in the Corporate...
PM to be charged with contempt of court Pakistan's Supreme Court vowed yesterday to charge the prime minister with contempt for his failure to reopen an old corruption...
Standford trial highlights Ex-worker says Stanford lavishly spent on projects A former employee of Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford testified Tuesday that the...
Danville to face court for obstructing contractor general DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has ruled that former Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker must be charged with failure...
February 02, 2012
March 21 prelim hearing for cop murder accused COURTNEY Linton, the police constable who allegedly shot and killed a colleague during a dance on Christmas Day is scheduled...
Man accused of bribing police charged A 26-year-old security guard of Llandilo, Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland was Saturday arrested and charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention...
Four men sentenced for murder A South African court has sentenced four men to 18 years for a murder rights activists say was carried out...
Trial dates set in ATL Pension Fund fraud case The case involving three former executives who are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Group Pension...
February 01, 2012
Five juveniles charged with extortion FIVE juveniles from Manchester and Clarendon were last week charged for Breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The charges laid...
Elephant Man to face court today POPULAR dancehall entertainer Elephant Man is expected to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer charges of...
Stanford trial highlights Witness testifies about mystery investment portfolio A jury was told Monday that Stanford International Bank (SIB) in Antigua had placed...
Olympics scam lands fraudster in jail London police said yesterday they have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly duped an American woman...
Teacher held for lewd acts against 23 kids A Los Angeles elementary school teacher was charged with committing lewd acts against nearly two dozen students after a film...
Former bank employee, hubby sentenced to 30 months A former National Commercial Bank (NCB) supervisor and her fiance' were each sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment on Monday after...
