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Cop: ‘I saw a hand with a gun in it — a black handgun’

A police officer who arrested two of three men accused of a home invasion with an imitation gun described seeing a firearm pointed from the alleged getaway vehicle. But Pc Keith Senior also sparred with defence lawyers who questioned his description ...
Nov 26, 2013
Court

Witness recalls seeing fast approaching motorcycle before crash

Trial has begun for a teenager accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on another teen in a multi-vehicle crash on South Shore Road, Warwick. Jahni Holder, 19, of Ridgeway Road, Pembroke, admits driving a motorcycle without a licence or valid insu...
Nov 26, 2013
Court

Serial criminal gets 13 years for machete attack

A habitual thief who hacked a man in the neck with a machete after being surprised during a break-in has been jailed for 13 years. Kimlo Charles Webb fled the scene of the attack — but was caught on home security footage. The Supreme Court heard that...
Nov 16, 2013
Court

Man jailed for bedroom attack on woman, 66

A man who attacked a senior citizen in her own bed, choking her and trying to rip her clothes off, has been jailed. During the assault the 66-year-old victim fought back and kicked Andre Gino James, 30, in the groin causing him to flee. James has bee...
Nov 08, 2013
Court

Man jailed four years for sex with underage girl

A Pembroke man who admitted having sex with an underage girl was this morning jailed for four years. Kishauni Wolffe, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to three counts of having unlawful carnal knowledge with a girl under the age of 16. He met the...
Nov 07, 2013
Court

Murderers’ sentences to be reconsidered

Convicted murderers Kevin Warner and Antonio Myers will have their sentences reconsidered as a result of a London Privy Council ruling. Myers, 28, was given a minimum sentence of 38 years for the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Kumi Harford, who was gu...
Nov 06, 2013
Court

"Man attacks love rival, spared jail sentence"

A man who stabbed and threatened to kill a love rival was this morning spared jail by the Supreme Court. Irving Butterfield, 39, of Sleepy Hollow Drive, Hamilton Parish, has admitted unlawfully wounding and threatening his workmate and friend of 20 y...
Oct 22, 2013
Court

"Victim dismayed at sentencing of thugs"

A Jamaican man left injured for life by a mob attack that his children also witnessed believes justice has not been served on his assailants. Kevin Abrahams, whose two Bermudian sons remain in Jamaica for fear of returning home, told The Royal Gazett...
Oct 08, 2013
Court

"Teens jailed for brutal mugging"

Three teens have been sentenced for their part in a “cowardly” mugging that left a 33-year-old man with a titanium plate in his skull. Kyle Daniels Smith, of Warwick, and Sanchea Douglas, of Pembroke, will each serve four years, with time in custody ...
Oct 07, 2013
Court

"‘Only Mrs Bobbitt could stop this man from reoffending’"

A Pembroke man who admitted having sex with an underage girl told the teen he was ‘the love of her life’ when it was discovered she was pregnant — only to later discover the child wasn’t his. Kishauni Wolffe, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to t...
Oct 02, 2013
Court

"Hotel bill skipper released on bail"

The 66-year-old Canadian resident jailed for 30 days for non-payment of a guest house bill over $8,000, was released in his own recognisance. And the case was sent back to Magistrates’ Court, at a date to be confirmed. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley made ...
Sep 24, 2013
Court

"Electrician’s killer jailed for six years"

The killer of 22-year-old electrician and father-of-one Verneil Richardson has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for manslaughter. Armed with a knife, Adam King mortally stabbed Mr Richardson during a fight outside Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club in...
Sep 21, 2013
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