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Gunman Pearson Philip Goodridge is a first, said Justice Carlisle Greaves. “Everybody finds a gun. You are the first man to say, ‘I bought my gun’. We had quarries that produced guns; sidewalks that guns walked out of. And you are the first man we had with the gun in fowl feed,” he added. The judge was speaking in the No. 3 Supreme Court after he heard Goodridge had bought …
A St Philip man who was stopped for a routine traffic offence but was caught with a gun, was ordered to pay $15 000 immediately by the No. 5 Supreme Court yesterday. Brandon Matthew Edward, 25, a customer service representative, of Sargeant’s Park, Foul Bay, St Philip, had pleaded guilty, at a previous Session of the Continuous Sittings, to having a .22-calibre revolver and four rounds of .22-calibre ammunition on …
There has been a shakeup of the Board at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) and a new one is expected to be named soon.Barbados TODAY investigations indicate that the Board was replaced by Cabinet last Thursday.A source close to the situation told Barbados TODAY an email was circulated on December 20, 2022, indicating that the Board, formerly chaired by Stevon Roberts had been dissolved.However, the source said by that time almost the entire Board had resigned.Two insurance executives are tipped to lead the new Board.David Wright, a Director of Sagicor Life, is reported to become the new chair...
Renaldo Omaro Griffith and Shaquille Stephen Edwards may have been in the same vehicle in which a gun was found, but they were not the ones who had possession of it. This was the finding of a nine-member jury as it found the two not guilty in the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. Griffith, of Fitts Gap, Westbury Road, and Edwards, of 4th Avenue, Pickwick Gap, both in St Michael, …
A police officer on Monday refuted suggestions that he had fabricated evidence against gun-accused Renaldo Omario Griffith.Constable Damien Gollop maintained that position when he returned to the witness stand as the firearm and ammunition trial against Griffith and Shaquille Stephen Edwards continued in the No. 4 Supreme Court today.Griffith, of Fitts Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael and Edwards, of Pickwick Gap, St Michael are charged with possession of a 9 mm Glock semi automatic pistol and 38 rounds of ammunition on January 24, 2019.Under cross-examination by defence counsel Shadia Simpson w...