Fraud case goes before Chief Magistrate
Article by June 9, 2021
A 26-year-old St Michael man has been remanded to Dodds prison for 28 days in connection with three fraud charges allegedly committed in two jurisdictions.
It is alleged that Kemo Avery Grant, from Rogers Road, Grazettes dishonestly obtained $398.49 in goods from BJ’s Value Market Inc trading as Popular Discount, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that eight $50 Popular Discount vouchers that he produced were good and valid orders for payment.
The offence is said to have occurred in the District ‘B’ Oistins jurisdiction on February 4. No plea was taken on that offence when Grant appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes.
A 38-year-old woman who drained her 78-year-old grandmother’s bank account of $40,513.39 has been sentenced to spend 11 months in prison. Sentencing for Nadia Lawrence was pending since she pleaded guilty at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court (KMC) on March 30 to multiple instances of theft, that she committed between dates in October, 2016 to May, 2019 against her grandmother Nola Lawrence, a retiree from Colonarie. Sentencing had been …
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Nurses (from left) Ashia Best, Nikita Roberts-Kirton and Andre Maloney, recipients of the Ramona Mascoll Memorial Scholarship. (Picture by Shanice King) Social Share
Three nursing students were this morning awarded the Ramona Mascoll Memorial Scholarship.
The three, Andre Maloney, Nikita Roberts-Kirton, and Ashia Best, were chosen to receive the awards, sponsored by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, at the Pom Marine Hotel, Hastings, Christ Church.
The scholarships, valued at $2 000 each, will cover the students’ registration fees at the Barbados Community College (BCC), books and uniforms as they transition to the second year where they will begin their clinical studies.