Tag: Crister Brady
Mother serving ten years over boyfriend’s gun
(CNS): Thalia Ashanti Barnes (25), the mother of a seven-year-old child, was sentenced to ten years in jail last summer for the possession of her boyfriend’s gun. The court found there were no exceptional circumstances relating to her or the crime when she was convicted in December 2022. The details of the case were revealed […]
Suspicion is not evidence, say lawyers in bank burglary
(CNS): After a two-month-long trial, all four lawyers representing the defendants accused of being part of a burglary at a George Town bank almost eight years ago urged the jury not to convict on suspicion because that is not evidence. As the attorneys delivered closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday, they all said the crown […]
Man denies murder during 2022 West Bay fight
(CNS): Kirk Lindsay Watler (54) from Bodden Town pleaded not guilty to murder when he appeared via video link from HMP Northward in Grand Court on Friday. Watler is accused of killing George Ian Duffell (51) in October 2022 when he stabbed him during a late-night confrontation in a West Bay yard on Birch Tree […]
Couple argue for exception in gun possession case
(CNS): A local woman and her Jamaican boyfriend have argued that neither of them should be given the statutory mandatory minimum ten-year sentence for a loaded unlicensed gun found in their home. Sharis Alexandra Ford (28) and Kevan Maxhoward Smith (29) were arrested and charged following a police search triggered by a complaint that Smith had […]
Cops brushed off screen-fitter scam complaints
(CNS): Garfield Robb, who was allegedly trading illegally as a screen and shutter fitter, is accused of conning at least a dozen clients out of thousands of dollars after failing to do work that he had agreed to do, such as building screened patios and fitting hurricane shutters. According to the crown’s case, Robb, who […]
Drug smuggling witness attacked in jail
(CNS): Andrew Beckford (42) was attacked in prison on Monday by the man he had given evidence against in a drug and guns smuggling case. However, at his sentencing hearing, Justice Cheryll Richards reduced the ten-year mandatory sentence Beckford was facing to just 30 months due to exceptional circumstances, which means he will soon be […]
Serial burglar jailed for 2½ years for bar break-in
(CNS): James Blair Ebanks was sent to jail Thursday for two and a half years for two break-ins at the Cobalt Coast resort bar in West Bay, where he stole sodas, juices, packets of sugar, jugs, cocktail shakers, plastic bowls and even ice. Ebanks was described by the judge as a “serial burglar” who has […]
