Tag: attempted murder
Child burial case put off over mental health issues
(CNS): The crown’s case against Travis Webb (26), who is charged with the attempted murder of a child after he had allegedly tried to bury the toddler alive, has stalled after a new psychiatric report called his mental health into question. The trial was supposed to begin on 5 August but on Friday prosecutors asked […]
Two men face attempted murder charges
(CNS): Two 21-year-old men have both been charged with attempted murder and other offences in relation to a shooting at a home in South Church Street in April. Daniel Wallace Rankine from Bodden Town and Carlos Jameel Bustillo from West Bay are both accused of trying to kill another man who received two gun shot […]
Bodden Town man denies trying to kill toddler
(CNS): Travis Jarrell Webb (26) pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempted murder and cruelty to a child, after reports cleared the man as being fit to plead. The case will now be tried in August, though defence counsel for the Bodden Town man said there would still be an issue regarding his client’s mental […]
Son denies trying to kill his mother
(CNS): Jeffrey William Powery (33) pleaded guilty on Friday to wounding with intent in connection with charges against him for an attack on his mother at her West Bay home. Powery has denied trying to kill her but has admitted a violent assault that left Jolene Powery (58) in a coma more than three months […]
Teen jailed for 44 months over serious stabbing
(CNS): An 18-year-old man from George Town was given a sentence of three years and eight months after he admitted stabbing Tyrell Smith multiple times outside Margaritaville on Harbour Drive last summer. Lyle Alexander Samson Peart was charged with both attempted murder and GBH wounding with intent in connection with a fight in the early […]
Octogenarian’s ability to face charges in question
(CNS): The ability of an 84-year-old man who is accused of trying to kill his wife to answer the charges and stand trial is in question. William Glasgow is facing one count of attempted murder following an incident last summer at the couple’s home in Tropical Gardens, George Town, where prosecutors say he attacked his […]
Supect’s ability to plead at issue in child burial case
(CNS): Travis Jarrel Webb’s ability to answer charges of attempted murder and cruelty to a child was questioned in Grand Court Friday as a result of possible mental health problems. Webb (26), who is currently on remand at HMP Northward, was arrested and charged after a shocking incident in November, and now stands accused of […]
Son charged with attempted murder
(CNS) UPDATED: Jeffery Powery (32) has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a serious assault on his mother at her home in West Bay last month and has been remanded in custody. Powery appeared in Summary Court on Friday where the charges were transmitted to the Grand Court. He was arrested on 14 […]
WB man denies attempted murder
(CNS): Alejandro Andreas Cardenas Powery (26), from West Bay, has denied trying to kill a woman known to him as well as other offences relating to a violent attack in October. Powery, who went on the run after police were called to a home in the district where a woman had been stabbed, was arrested […]
Shooting victim was due to be gun trial witness
(CNS): A West Bay man who was shot and wounded in the district around midnight on Sunday night-Monday morning should have been the prosecution’s key witness in a gun-related trial due to start Monday, CNS has learned. The victim was the complainant in the case against Aaron Crawford (26), also from West Bay, who is […]
Local man charged in ‘live-burial’ case
(CNS): Travis Webb (26) from Bodden Town was remanded in custody after he was charged and brought to court Monday in connection with the live burial of a child last week. He is facing charges of attempted murder and cruelty to a child. The case has been transmitted to Grand Court, where Webb is to […]
