A man who touched the private parts of the seven-year-old has been ordered to pay her $2 500 in compensation but has the opportunity to avoid further jail time.
Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell imposed a combination sentence – a suspended sentence and a compensation order – on the offender on Friday, giving him until April 29 to pay up or he
A gunman, who admitted he had no resources to pay a fine, was given a starting sentence of eight years in prison when he reappeared in the No 4 Supreme Court yesterday. However, Akeele St Hill will spend a remaining 547 days, or one year 182 days, in jail after deductions were taken into consideration. St Hill, 25, of 6th Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael, had pleaded guilty to having …
Kadeem Shakeel Mayers was fined a total of $16 000 for a gun and a bullet when he appeared in the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. Mayers, 25, of Bannister Land, Martindales Road, St Michael, had pleaded guilty, at a previous Session of the Continuous Sittings, to having a .22-calibre revolver and one round of .22-calibre ammunition on December 23, 2018. He was represented by King’s Counsel Michael Lashley, and …
A first-time gun offender is being allowed the opportunity to rehabilitate himself with a High Court judge imposing on him a total of $16 000 in fines rather than an immediate term of imprisonment.
However, Kadeem Shakeel Mayers will only stay out of prison if he pays all the money.
“The court notes that the now-convicted man has removed himself from associating
A High Court judge has urged the prosecution to move swiftly to deal with firearm matters so that sentences on offenders can have the desired effect. Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell made the call as she noted that were it not for the almost 15-year delay in one gunman’s matter, he would have been sent to jail instead of receiving a fine as he had a previous conviction for ammunition. “The reckless …