Archive for June 8th, 2017
West Bay man acquitted in indecent assault case
(CNS): A local man wept with relief Thursday afternoon when a judge acquitted him on two counts of indecent assault against a child, following a trial this week. The 30-year-old man was accused of indecently assaulting the girl as far back as 2008, when she was around 7 or 8 years old, and on a […]
Witness implies Webster was trying to buy votes
(CNS): The mother of a teenage girl who has accused Errington Webster of indecently assaulting her told the court Thursday that he was a well known and respected man in their community who was helping everyone in the hope that they would vote for him. Taking the witness stand to explain what she knew about […]
Webster told police he ‘loves children’
(CNS): Errington Webster, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl last year, appeared to choke back tears during an audio interview with the police that was played to the jury in the Grand Court Thursday, as the case against him continued. Asked by the interviewing officer if he was attracted to children, he […]
Capt Eugene to work on environment
(CNS): The CDP member on the government back-benches, Capt Eugene Ebanks, the member for West Bay Central, will be working alongside Cabinet minister and independent member for Bodden Town East, Dwayne Seymour, as the councillor with responsibility for housing and the environment. Ebanks has served in the LA since 2000 but he has not played […]
Man bites cop in drug arrest
(CNS): A police officer has been treated and released from hospital after he was bitten by a suspect during an arrest relating to drug offences. The police were called to a bar on the West Bay Road just before one o’clock on Thursday after reports that a man was selling drugs in the parking lot. […]
Venzuelans confess to drug smuggling
(CNS): UPDATED FRIDAY: A 46 year old Colombian national pleaded guilty to drug smuggling, Friday, following the charges and subsequent admissions by three Venezuelan men yesterday. All of the men were arrested for drug trafficking in an operation last week. They have now admitted in court to smuggling almost two kilos of cocaine. Lesme Romualdo […]
Neighbour wants to replace fence with wall
You have a chain link fence around your yard that you put there with your own money, without any help from your neighbour. Now your neighbour would like to put a block wall there instead. Are you obligated to help the neighbour with half of the cost, even though I have a fence there already?
