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Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale says Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince’s “calculated murder” of 75-year-old Marcelle Smith passes the threshold for him to serve a life sentence. But the killer’s defence lawyer Safiya Moore believes a sentence of 30 to 40 years in prison would be sufficient. The two made the submissions before Justice Randall Worrell on Monday in the No.

Attorneys for both sides will make their sentencing submissions today when self-confessed murderer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince returns to the No. 2 Supreme Court. Ince, of Nursery No. 2, Four Roads, St Philip, pleaded guilty to the non-capital murder of 75-year-old Marcelle Claudia Smith, between October 12 and October 25, 2015. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale, along with State Counsel Anastacia McMeo and Paul Prescod, appeared for the …

The murderer who chopped a man to death and then called police giving them directions to the scene, was given a starting sentence of 27 years when he appeared in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday. Omar Ryan Oneal Hurdle will, however, end up serving 2 444 days or six years, 254 days after deductions. Hurdle, of 3rd Avenue, The Ivy, St Michael, had pleaded guilty, at a previous Session …

A former bank clerk, who used over $30 000 in stolen bank money to buy a car, go on a cruise, attend a Beyonce concert in Trinidad and other things until he had nothing left, remains on bail after he threw in the towel in his matter. Two witnesses into his trial, Caleb Daniel Richard Alfonzo Cooke changed his plea and confessed to a theft charge in the No. 4A …

Self-confessed murderer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince will be back in court this week after his matter was adjourned by the No. 2 Supreme Court last Friday. Ince, of Nursery No. 2, Four Roads, St Philip, pleaded guilty to the non-capital murder of 75-year-old Marcelle Claudia Smith, between October 12 and October 25, 2015. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale appeared for the State, while Ince was represented by attorney …

The daughter of murdered woman Marcelle Claudia Smith has described her mother’s killer as an animal who deserves nothing less than triple the maximum sentence. Tanya Smith was speaking from the United Kingdom via Zoom yesterday, as self-confessed murderer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince reappeared in the No. 2 Supreme Court. It was back in November that Ince, of Nursery No. 2, Four Roads, St Philip, pleaded guilty to the non-capital …

The Barbados Police Service (BPS) has engaged overseas expertise in helping it find out who leaked a confidential internal police report in a case involving local parliamentarian Neil Rowe.This was disclosed on Thursday by Commissioner of Police (COP) Richard Boyce who indicated that the key to a possible breakthrough in the investigations may depend on the technology.“That investigation is continuing. We have reached a stage where we are engaging our partners overseas because it is heavily ba...

The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the 14-year sentence given to Tyson Leon Edwards for aggravated burglary was “manifestly excessive” as his attorney has argued.When the matter came up before the trio of Justice Rajendra Narine, Justice Jefferson Cumberbatch and Justice Francis Belle, the appeal judges indicated they needed time to consider whether the approach of the sentencing judge was correct.Edwards had been given a starting sentence of 19 years for two counts of ...

A man who killed an elderly woman and then repeatedly tried to use her ATM cards today pleaded guilty to non-capital murder.When he was arraigned in the No. 2 Supreme Court, Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince, 43, of Nursery #2, Four Roads, St Philip, admitted murdering 75-year-old Marcelle Smith sometime between October 12 and October 25, 2015.The plea was accepted by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Alliston Seale.As part of Ince’s agreement to plead guilty, Seale told the court that Director ...

Former Deputy Speaker of the Barbados House of Assembly, Neil Rowe was arraigned [Monday]in the Oistins Court charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a female last month. Rowe, the two-time MP for St Michael North West, was not required to plead to the charge that he raped the woman on September 18 this year. The politician was represented by attorneys Roger Forde (KC), and Safiya Moore. Following no objection …