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The failed attempt by two Tobagonians to land almost $800 000 worth of cannabis into Barbados two years ago earned them a starting sentence of 12 years in prison when they reappeared in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday. Anton James, of Golden Lane, Seaview, Tobago, and Krysten Trim, of Bon Accord Main Road, Tobago, had admitted, at an earlier Session of the Continuous Sittings, that within the island’s territorial …
Five people appeared in court on Thursday to face charges in connection with a $1.7 million marijuana seizure. Brittany Diamond Maurissa Worrell-Lucombe, of Chapel Gap, Paynes Bay, St James is charged with importation, possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking of $1 747 600 worth of the illegal substance. The offences are alleged to have been committed on February 23. Station Sergeant
Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim has suggested the use of a firearm to commit murder should not be enough to justify a sentence of life imprisonment. “Unless the use of a firearm, by itself, is sufficient to justify a life sentence, we are saying he (Carlton Junior Hall) is not in that realm,” he argued. Pilgrim made the submission in the re-sentencing hearing for Hall before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius in the …