In 2022, there was a continuous trend of violent crimes in Barbados. The country recorded 43 murders, the second highest total ever. There were also increased efforts by Police and Government to combat crime. The Mia Mottley administration faced criticism for its handling of the crime situation. Many citizens felt that not enough was being done to address the problem and the necessary steps were not being taken to keep …
The man who gunned down another in the busy food court at Sheraton Mall in 2019 was given a life sentence with the possibility of release only after he spends another 41 years behind bars.
And along with Hakeem Roberto Stuart’s sentence on Friday came a stern warning from Justice Carlisle Greaves to perpetrators of gun crimes bent on terrorising the
The man charged with the brazen daylight murder in the busy Sheraton Centre Mall has been sentenced to life in prison. In addition Justice Carlisle Greaves has told the killer that he must first serve 41 years before he becomes eligible for consideration for release. The judge handed down his decision moments ago in the No 3 Supreme Court. Hakeem Roberto Stuart, 23, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, …
The year 2022 was one of landmark judicial cases.
It started with the constitutional challenge to the snap general election called by Prime Minister Mia Mottley, two years before it was constitutionally due. The action brought by attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman on behalf of Philip Catlyn, challenged Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s decision to call the election while the COVID-19 pandemic was raging.
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In one of the most high-profile murder cases adjudicated in the High Court in recent times, Hakeem Roberto Stuart was on Tuesday found guilty of the brazen, daylight killing of Damian Trotman in Sheraton Mall more than three and a half years ago.It took a 12-member jury just over three and a half hours of deliberation to find Stuart guilty, following a trial that lasted four days shy of a month and saw over 50 witnesses giving evidence.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, had denied murdering Trotman on March 21, 2019.Sitting in the dock of the No. 3 Supreme Court, Stuart, clad in a mustard pants, a mustard and black patterned button-down shirt and brown boat shoes, and wearing a mask as he did throughout the trial, had shown no emotion when the foreman delivered the guilty verdict.He only bowed his head as he was led away by two prison officers moments later.