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A woman accused of stealing more than $40 000 was granted bail after she appeared before a Bridgetown court yesterday morning. Melissa Kepatra Daniel, a clerical assistant of Lot 17 Bella Vista, Mount Wilton, St Thomas, was not asked to plead to either of the offences she is accused of, when she went before the District “A” Traffic Court, which was presided over by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes. Daniel, 35, …
The prosecution believes self-confessed rapist Kegan Omar Collins should get ten to 12 years for his first count. However, Principal State Counsel Krystal Delaney says he should serve between 15 and 18 years for the second rape count. Collins’ attorney Kyle Walkes argued that ten to 12 years should be the starting point for both counts. The two attorneys were making submissions on sentence when Collins returned to the No. …
Two more of this country’s young men are on remand at Dodds Prison accused of having illegal firearms.Rasheed Antonio Atkins, of Clapman Drive, St Michael was sent to the St Philip correctional facility after appearing before Magistrate Manila Renee on Tuesday.The 21-year-old is accused of having an illegal gun and 13 rounds of ammunition on November 9. He was not required to plead to the indictable charges.
Her clean record, said her attorney, was enough to enable Rhonda Elizabeth Hollingsworth to qualify for a bond under the Penal System Reform Act. Calling her a “valuable member of society”, attorney Kyle Walkes told the District “A” Magistrates’ Court that “benefits should be given to (Hollingsworth) as someone who is not known to the court”. The attorney’s submissions came after Hollingsworth appeared on four drug charges yesterday. The 57-year-old …
Fit to re-enter society. That was the assessment, given by psychiatrist Dr Ronald Chase, of long lifers John Brathwaite and Theo Bourne who have spent a combined 74 years locked away at the Psychiatric Hospital. However, said Chase, the two would first need to spend some transitional time in the hospital’s quarter-way house, in addition to reacquainting themselves with society and members of their family. The senior psychiatrist made the …