Senior defence lawyer Linton Gordon has rejected a call by Jamaica’s chief prosecutor for the law to be amended to increase the starting point to 40 years for persons who commit murder, regardless of an early guilty plea. Describing the advocacy as...
A mentally challenged man, who was sentenced to 23 years and 10 months after he stabbed and chopped his friend during a dispute over a room, has had his sentence slashed by more than half on appeal. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal judges set aside...
The family of the Jamaica College student who was murdered in 2016 said they are crushed by Tuesday’s Court of Appeal decision to shave 11 years off the 31-year prison term his killer was ordered to serve before being considered for parole. “We...
The man who received a life sentence for the 2016 murder of Jamaica College (JC) student Nicholas Francis is likely to get a reduction in the 31 years that he was ordered to serve before being eligible for parole. On Monday, Court of Appeal acting...
Amoi Leon Issa, who has been pushing back against a police request for access to her cellular phone as they probe the murder of her son, Gabriel King, is set to return to the Supreme Court for an application for leave for judicial review. Issa is...
Alysia Moulton White, outgoing vice-president of group marketing at Sagicor Group Jamaica, has been slapped with several fraud-related charges, reportedly over $661,000, which was sent to one of her bank accounts, as a probe into operations at the...
Quacie Hart, the man who was given a life sentence after killing a Jamaica College (JC) student in 2016 following a robbery attempt, wants the Court of Appeal to reduce his 31-year pre-parole period by at least 12 years. Hart, whose matter is...
A former administrative assistant at Petrojam testified Wednesday that she was not aware of any system at the state-owned refinery to reimburse board members who travel on overseas business trips without prior approval. According to the witness,...
Petrojam’s chief financial officer (CFO) on Friday testified that he had not checked if the disbursement cheques he had signed for former Chairman Dr Perceval Singh had breached any of the company’s rules. Delroy Brown also testified that he had...
Petrojam’s Chief Financial Officer, Delroy Brown, claimed Thursday that he was sent on a five-day suspension in 2018 after then general manager Floyd Grindley and then human resource manager Yolande Ramharrack concocted false allegations against...
Former Petrojam General Manager Floyd Grindley reportedly remains a signatory on the company’s bank account and, up to last month, was still able to check the account which had in it more than US$19 million. The shocking suggestion was made...
The mother of the young St Mary mason who was viciously murdered by his drinking partner in 2017 rejoiced on Tuesday that her son’s killer was sent to prison for at least 27 years after receiving a life sentence. The confessed killer, 36-year-old...
Local slavery reparation campaigners believe Jamaica should demand compensatory justice from wealthy English politician Richard Drax and support Barbados in its push for such payments and ownership of the Drax Hall Estate, a former sugar plantation...
Uncertainty hovers over public-transport operators as to whether the Government will accept a payment-plan proposal to settle outstanding traffic tickets. That has triggered fear among cabbies and busmen amid increased fears of spending Christmas...
An alleged member of the Bobo Gang, who kidnapped and murdered a businessman as well as his deliveryman in Westmoreland more than a decade ago, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Dwayne Drummond, who also got two...
A senior citizen who was convicted of land fraud after she stole her friend’s property and gifted portions of it to herself and her children will have to spend another week in custody before her fate is decided on December 1. The 74-year-old...
Petrojam’s chief financial officer (CFO) testified on Thursday that his relationship with fraud accused Floyd Grindley broke down after the former general manager of the state-owned refinery asked him to do something that was not right. Delroy...
A couple who purchased land in St Catherine on which the Bethel Chapel Apostolic Church is sited is now locked in a legal tussle with the religious organisation over claims that it fraudulently obtained ownership of half-acre of the property by...
A 16-year-old boy who has been detained since September 2021 for possessing a knife will have to finish the rest of his two-year sentence in a correctional facility after the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) lost a legal challenge last week...
A Petrojam finance executive testified on Monday that former General Manager Floyd Grindley had instructed him to effect payments to the contractors for donation projects, but he refused as this would have breached board policy. During his...
While the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has wooed growing support from youthful electors, crime and violence top the list of issues they believe need to be urgently addressed by the ruling party. Several young party faithful, including many first-...
Despite recent outcry over his stewardship in Clarendon North Western, first-time Member of Parliament Phillip Henriques said he is not daunted because he has been doing tremendous work in the area and is well supported by the constituents. The...
Two alleged members of the Bobo Gang, who were convicted for the 2011 kidnapping and murder of a businessman in Russia, Westmoreland, were remanded this week for the completion of their sentencing on November 25 in the Home Circuit Court. One of...
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has hailed Thursday’s ruling by the Privy Council, granting investigators access to material that predates the enactment of the Proceeds of Crime Act, as a major victory for law...
Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman on Wednesday urged the court to immediately stay the charges against Antigua’s director of public prosecutions (DPP), Anthony Armstrong, in the real estate fraud case, contending that the police’s own handwriting expert...
