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‘Storyteller’ seeks millions for illegal extradition

Published:Friday | July 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Richard 'Story-teller' Morrison, the Jamaican who came to national attention in 1991 when he was extradited to the United States even as he had an appeal against the extradition order pending, is now seeking millions of dollars from the Jamaican...

State to pay almost $3M to man prosecuted for rape although DNA showed he was innocent

Published:Saturday | July 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Supreme Court has awarded damages of $2.9 million with interest to a man who had a rape charge hanging over his head for three years although DNA tests excluded him as the rapist.Winston Hamilton, a mason of a Kingston address, had sued...

'Livity' Coke heads to Appeals Court to seek compensation for alleged Horizon beating

Published:Monday | July 20, 2015 | 6:33 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Businessman, Leighton ‘Livity’ Coke has filed an appeal seeking to quash a ruling by the Constitutional Court dismissing his application for compensation for the beating he received from soldiers at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in...

Prostitute avoids prison despite pleading guilty to sex with a 14-year-old boy

Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A 29-year-old woman escaped prison time last week despite pleading guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old boy.Facing the possibility of as many as 15 years in prison, the woman, Rice Johnson*, of a Manchester address, was given three years...

Businessman ordered to pay fine for human trafficking

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 7:00 PMBarbara Gayle

BUSINESSMAN RAJESH Gurunani yesterday escaped a prison term and was instead ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in fines and compensation arising from his convictions last month for human trafficking.Justice Courtney Daye made it clear that the...

High Court designates mother, daughter beheading case a priority

Published:Monday | June 29, 2015 | 6:20 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

A judge has designated the case involving five men charged with the 2011 beheading of a woman and her daughter as a priority for the Home Circuit Court.  Justice Lloyd Hibbert made the declaration this morning even as he was forced...

Appeal Court nudges Parliament

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 8:55 AMBarbara Gayle

The Court of Appeal has recommended the introduction of a compensation scheme for persons injured by the actions of uninsured drivers of motor vehicles.The recommendation was made recently when the court threw out an appeal in which Mecheck Willis...

Sentencing put off for businessman convicted of human trafficking

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 6:23 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The sentencing of convicted human trafficker, Rajesh Gurunani, has been postponed until next week Friday. It was put off to give the defence time to review the claim for compensation being sought by the prosecution. Gurunani’s bail was also...

JUST IN: Contractor General files application to overturn DPP's decision in Shernet Haughton case

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Contractor General, Dirk Harrison, has filed an application to have a court overturn a decision by the director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn not to prosecute Hanover councillor, Shernet Haughton in a nepotism case. The contractor...

Accused takes on new lawyer in triple murder

Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A prisoner who is facing nine counts of murder, three of which were orchestrated from behind bars, appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.He is 42-year-old Michael McLean, who has been in custody since 2006 awaiting trial for the murder of six...

Teacher sentenced to life in prison for killing quanity surveyor

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

A High Court judge this afternoon handed down a sentence of life imprisonment, to pre-trained teacher, Chadwick Blissett. Blissett was recently convicted of murdering quantity surveyor, Cletus Graham. Justice Lloyd Hibbert handed down the...

UPDATE: Jury makes first human trafficking conviction since 2007, Gurunani found guilty

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

A jury moments ago convicted businessman Rajesh Gurunani on human trafficking charges in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.  It is the first human trafficking conviction in Jamaica since 2007 and the first under new legislation...

Jury deliberating fate of businessman in human trafficking trial

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:22 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

A seven-member jury is now deliberating on the fate of businessman, Rajesh Gurunani who is on trial for human trafficking.  The jury retired about 40 minutes ago after the presiding judge, Courtney Daye completed his summation and...

November hearing for Government, Police Federation court case

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2015 | 6:48 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The application brought by the Government against the Jamaica Police Federation is to be heard in the Supreme Court in November. The hearing is set for November 4, 5, and 6. The dates were set when the parties appeared before Justice Frank Williams...

Cop convicted on firearm offences, to be sentenced June 26

Published:Wednesday | June 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Independent  Commission of Investigations (INDECOM ) was today successful in getting its first conviction in the Gun Court when detective constable Sherwood Simpson was found guilty of firearm offences. Justice Lennox Campbell...

Supreme Court rules that trespassers have rights too

Published:Friday | June 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A man who trespassed on a property and was shot in the head by a security guard has been awarded $2 million with interest by the Supreme Court, which has ruled that a trespasser is entitled to protection from reckless acts.In the ruling handed down...

Pay the man UWI! Privy Council orders pensions payment for retired lecturer

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The United Kingdom Privy Council handed down a landmark ruling yesterday, in favour of a retired lecturer of the University of the West Indies (UWI) that the full service in relation to supplementary pension was not to be calculated in terms of...

Crown closes case in human trafficking trial of businessman

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 6:02 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The crown has closed its case at the trial of businessman, Rajesh Gurunani, who is charged with trafficking in persons, facilitating trafficking in persons and withholding travel documents. The crown had called 12 witnesses, during the trial, which...

Privy Council orders pension payment for retired UWI lecturer after eight-year wait

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Privy Council has ruled that a retired lecturer of the University of the West Indies (UWI) must get his supplementary pension although the institution claims he was 36 days short of being entitled to the benefit. The decision in favour of Dr Boufoy Bastick,...

Video evidence frees Guardsman employees of policeman's accusations

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Two security consultants employed to Guardsman Armoured Limited have been freed of gun and assault charges after video evidence backed up their story.  Raymond Robinson and Ian Firth were freed of illegal possession of firearm and inflicting...

PAY UP! - Court orders NCB to compensate man $4M+ for missing fixed deposit

Published:Friday | May 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A Westmoreland busi-nessman who turned up at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) to collect the principal and interest on a fixed deposit he had made 13 year earlier was shocked to hear that he had withdrawn the money.However, George Walpole Morgan...

Supreme Court turns down NCB challenge to employment dispute

Published:Tuesday | June 2, 2015 | 9:42 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Supreme Court has turned down an application by the National Commercial Bank (NCB) for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court to quash an Industrial Dispute Tribunal (IDT) ruling in relation to the reinstatement of one of its former senior...

Aubyn Hill's company to pay $46M

Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Aubyn Hill-led NationGrowth Microfinance Limited has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $46 million to the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ).Supreme Court Judge Bryan Sykes made the order last week for NationGrowth to repay the money with...

Supreme Court turns down Flow's application seeking to bar Digicel from hiring Sean Latty

Published:Friday | May 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Supreme Court has turned down an application by Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, trading as Flow, which was seeking an injunction to bar its rival, Digicel Jamaica Limited, from employing its former managing director, Sean Latty. Flow,...

Prisoner tells court policemen gave him key to handcuff

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2015 | 4:57 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is now investigating the circumstances under which a prisoner came to the Gun Court in downtown Kingston today with a key for his handcuff. The prisoner, who is on gun-related charges,...

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