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The behaviour of an accused man in court on Thursday evening, was such that Acting Magistrate Bernadeth John decided that Jaire Pedro Matthews needed “a cooling off period”. She therefore remanded him to Dodds Prison until October 23. The 18-year-old, of 1st Avenue Scott’s Terrace, Grazettes, St Michael, is facing four charges of damaging a shirt and trousers belonging to the State, or was reckless as to whether it would …
Just give me the time and done. That was the declaration from accused Barry Christopher Cumberbatch when he appeared on a serious bodily harm charge in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The 52-year-old labourer, of Deighton Road, St Michael, was charged that with intent to maim, disfigure or disable Dominique Griffith, he caused her serious bodily harm on August 11. Prosecutor Sergeant Randolph Boyce objected to bail, saying …
It took Shane Rene Bartlett a while to settle on a plea for a burglary charge. Initially, he denied the offence. However, when faced with the prospect of being remanded to prison, he asked to change his plea. But when Acting Magistrate Bernadeth John questioned if he was pleading guilty because he had committed the offence, Bartlett declared he had not and eventually decided to go with his original notguilty …