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A Christ Church woman was remanded to Dodds Prison last Friday when she appeared in court on eight charges in connection with drugs, a firearm and ammunition. She is Sabrina Le Keisha Atherley, 38 years, of Vauxhall Gardens, who was arrested by personnel from the Anti-Gun and Gangs Unit of The Barbados Police Service that same day. She was charged with one count each possession of a firearm, ammunition, cannabis …
Security at Dodds Prison is adequate to deal with the population there, says Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams. He was addressing concerns raised after Tyreke Delandre Benskin, 20, of Promenade Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, escaped two escorting prison warders at the St Philip jail around 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. That led to a massive search in the parish which eventually spread to Yorkshire, Christ Church, where patrolling officers held him. …
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 …
A man who confessed to drug charges last week returned to Dodds Prison on remand yesterday after he still could not meet the bail criteria set by Magistrate Joy-Ann Clarke. When Desmond Raymond Eastmond, a farmer, of Sherbourne No. 3, St John, first appeared in the District “C” Magistrates’ Court at St Matthias, Christ Church, he pleaded guilty to possession, trafficking, intent to supply and cultivation of 5.95 kilogrammes of …
A 63-year-old unemployed man has pleaded guilty to knowingly permitting marijuana production to take place on his premises. Joseph Nathaniel Codrington, of Sherbourne No.3, St John, appeared in the District “C” Magistrates’ Court last Friday and admitted committing the offence on August 15. He was granted $10 000 bail, but had no surety, so Magistrate Joy-Ann Clarke remanded him to Dodds Prison until Thursday, when he will return before her. …