Bertram Morrison News Today

Several sentencing hearings scheduled for today before the St Catherine Circuit Court had to be postponed due to absent case files, irking presiding judge Justice Bertram Morrison. More than 20 matters down for sentencing had to...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — As the police led Gregory Roberts away in handcuffs after he was found guilty of the murder of 15-year-old Shineka Gray, he cast a furtive glance at the teenager’s weeping relatives, as if he wanted to say something. He had looked back at them earlier during their tearful outburst when the verdict was announced. It took the seven-member jury a mere 90 minutes of deliberation...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A man accused of a double and triple murder is yet to have his legal representation finalised. When the matter came up for mention in the St James Circuit Court on Monday,...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The court will decide, in September, if a man, who has spent a decade in custody after allegedly hacking another to death, is mentally capable of standing trial. A fitness...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - If a witness whose testimony is needed in the Shineka Gray murder trial fails to appear in court today, the police may be forced to issue a warrant. Defence lawyers for mu...

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior high court justice is urging prosecutors and defence attorneys alike to stop contributing to the longstanding issue of cases languishing in the court system for years without speedy resolution. Justice Bertram Morrison,...

ST JAMES, Jamaica —A man who allegedly used social media to lure an 18-year-old girl into committing sexual acts for money will face trial on January 22 in the St James Circuit Court. The offences wer...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A mother wept openly in court on Tuesday as the prosecution presented its case against Mark Williams, the man alleged to have killed her son, Lavin James. As the prosecuti...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Sue-Tania Levy's long-awaited trial for murdering her boyfriend in his Cornwall Courts home five years ago after she caught him with another woman has been rescheduled for ...

A jury in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Monday returned a not-guilty verdict for a man who was accused of having sex with a then 11-year-old girl in the tenement yard they shared.  The 53-year-old man was freed of sexual touching and...