Defence lawyers representing Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer and his co-accused are contending that the unavailability of technological material that was used in their original murder trial will affect their clients’ defence if a retrial is granted....
A court says it is not enough to claim that foul odour and the flow of raw sewage is a breach of a constitutional right without bringing evidence on the impact on health and also to establish whether it was an environmental abuse. “Although it is...
While sharing that she was still yearning to know the truth about what happened on the night her father was killed, the daughter of slain businessman Keith Clarke yesterday declared that she was coached by God to tell the truth about what she...
The daughter of slain businessman Keith Clarke yesterday denied a suggestion from the defence that an injured person who left blood stains in different sections of the house was present on the night her father was killed. Clarke, a 63-year-old...
The night Britney witnessed her father, Keith Clarke, being shot and killed by soldiers was not just a nightmare, it was also a moment where she accepted her own life was about to end. Testifying on Tuesday at the ongoing murder trial, the witness...
The widow of slain chartered accountant Keith Clarke has questioned why none of the alleged gunmen who the defence claimed were on her property the night her husband was killed was caught or shot. Noting that the army is there to defend Jamaica,...
DNA evidence has indicated that there was another person present in the Clarkes’ master bedroom, other than their daughter, on the night Keith Clarke was shot and killed, the defence has revealed. But Clarke’s widow, Dr Claudette Clarke, said, if...
Dr Claudette Clarke, the widow of slain businessman Keith Clarke, was yesterday accused of lying and of putting on a show by throwing temper tantrums when cornered in a lie to avoid answering questions directly. The suggestions came following...
The sentencing for former Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) physiotherapist Kyodia Burnett, who stabbed and killed his wife Nordraka Williams-Burnett in December 2018, was yesterday postponed to Friday in the Home Circuit Court. The sentencing was...
The prosecution and the defence in the Matthew Hyde case are to continue discussions regarding a possible plea deal. The university student, who reportedly held his girlfriend captive in a dorm room and tortured her over a year ago, was on...
Keith Clarke had unknowingly fired at members of the security forces on the night he was shot and killed in May 2010, his widow, Dr Claudette Clarke, has claimed. At the same time, the 65-year-old widow, who is giving testimony in the Home Circuit...
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is calling on justices of the peace (JPs) to play a greater role in tackling misinformation in society. Speaking on Saturday during a commissioning ceremony for 102 new justices of the peace (JPs) for St Andrew at Up...
Dr Claudette Clarke, the widow of chartered accountant Keith Clarke, yesterday recalled seeing her husband with his licensed firearm on the night he was shot and killed by three members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in his bedroom on May 26,...
A motorist who sued the State for $2.5 million claiming he lost, among other things, $1.1 million for the loss of the use of his vehicle, which was seized for four months, was instead awarded $850,000 plus interest in general damages after he could...
The murder trial of the three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers implicated in the shooting death of Keith Clarke was yesterday postponed until next Monday in the Home Circuit Court. The matter was postponed to give both the prosecution and the defence...
It was not the birthday gift Wayne Campbell had dreamt of, but for him, yesterday’s conviction of his former son-in-law and three accomplices for the daring daylight contract murder of his daughter six years ago was the best gift. “Today is my...
Holding back tears, Dr Claudette Clarke yesterday recalled witnessing her husband, Keith Clarke, being shot in their bedroom, allegedly by three soldiers while climbing backwards down the closet where he had gone to hide after hearing persons...
The widow of St Andrew accountant Keith Clarke, who three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers have been accused of murdering in May 2010, is expected to start giving evidence today at the trial in the Home Circuit Court. Dr Claudette Clarke had taken...
Facey Commodity Company Limited is blaming the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company for a massive fire which destroyed its New Port West warehouse and other structures in Kingston almost three years ago and is seeking to recover more than $2...
Dwayne Pink’s lawyer yesterday urged the jury to find him not guilty of the murder of Simone Campbell-Collymore and Winston Walters while arguing that the prosecution has failed to present any evidence to prove that Pink was involved in the deadly...
The attorney-at-law who is representing the alleged contract killer in the murder of businesswoman Simone Campbell Collymore yesterday sought to discredit the evidence of one of the shooters, branding him a liar. Attorney-at-law Sanjay Smith, who...
Omar Collymore’s attorney yesterday sought to convince the jury that the United States businessman had absolutely no reason to kill his wife and was merely just a “gyalis” and not a murderer. Attorney-at-law Diane Jobson, who is representing the 41...
Omar Collymore was yesterday painted by the prosecution as a cold-hearted man who was struggling for money and, as a result, over several days, engineered the horrific murder of his wife so that he could benefit from her $101-million insurance...
While proclaiming his innocence, one of the alleged murder accomplices in the January 2, 2018 shooting deaths of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore and her taxi-driver Winston Walters, said he did everything possible to separate himself from...
TWO MEN implicated in the brazen daylight contract killing of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore are to remain on trial after Justice Leighton Pusey ruled that they too have a case to answer. Dwayne Pink and Shaquilla Edwards are charged along...
