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Social Share The just-concluded court martial of former Barbados Regiment member Shane Coulthrust will now be reviewed by the Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), Colonel Glyne Grannum. Coulthrust, a former Barbados Coast Guard member, was convicted of two charges late Friday night coming out of his actions while on duty as a coxswain on the HMBS Endurance on April 19, 2019. He had originally faced 12 charges, which were eventually reduced to nine. The 33-year-old was found g...

BDF Chief of Staff reviewing outcome of court martial Article by May 9, 2021 Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) Colonel Glyne Grannum is reviewing the outcome of the court martial of Private Shane Coulthrust, the BDF said Sunday. Last Friday, the matter ended with 33-year-old Coulthrust being handed a sentence of “discharge with ignominy from the Barbados Defence Force.” He went on trial last month on nine charges of misconduct while on duty on a coast gu...

Article by Social Share Private Shane Coulthrust was found guilty on two of the nine charges for which he was court-martialed but late Friday night his fate remained unknown as the court could not settle on his punishment. The 33-year-old, at one time a sailor with the Barbados Coast Guard (BCG), but now with the Barbados Regiment, went on trial April 19 on several allegations linked to an April 19, 2019 incident while he was the coxswain aboard the vessel Endurance, patrolling Barbados�...

Coulthrust, found guilty of two charges, pleads for leniency Article by May 8, 2021 Coast Guard Private Shane Coulthrust pleaded for leniency late Friday night after a military tribunal found him guilty of two of the nine charges he faced during his court-martial. But the sentence to be imposed was not immediately known as the three-member panel of Lieutenant Commander Fernella Cordle, Lieutenant Commander Robert Morris and Captain Randolph Clarke were locked in deliberation...

Social Share The evidence put forward by three sailors in the case against Private Shane Coulthrust should not be trusted. That was the contention of Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim yesterday in his 37-minute closing argument in the court martial being held at the Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Hodgson Hall, St Ann’s Fort headquarters. “This evidence, I submit, may be highly unreliable. Don’t rely on all your training in the army. That is not the key in this. The key is what are the...

All oral or written statements made by Private Shane Coulthrust are inadmissible. That was the ruling by Judge Advocate Lieutenant Commander Rita Evans yesterday after defence attorney Andrew Pilgrim QC had objected on Monday’s opening day to lead investigator Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Kellman reading from his official notebook. In it were a number of oral submissions made to him by the accused, which Pilgrim said could be considered admission or a …

Judge Advocate Lieutenant Commander Rita Evans will today rule on a number of objections lodged by the defence in the court martial of Barbados Coast Guard officer Shane Coulthrust. The 33-year-old private pleaded not guilty yesterday to 12 charges of misconduct associated with his actions while on duty on a Coast Guard vessel on April 19, 2019. His attorney, Andrew Pilgrim QC, objected to lead investigator Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Kellman reading …