A worker at a car wash, where Constable Noel Maitland had reportedly taken his sofa to be washed, yesterday identified him in a photograph as the man whom she called ‘Brown Man’ who came to the car wash with the furniture. “I see di man wey bring...
A September 16 trial, which was scheduled for the alleged members of the Clarendon-based Ranko Gang, reportedly led by a police constable, Tafari Silvera, has been vacated due to the persistent absence of some of the defence lawyers. Justice...
In a sharp critique of sitting St Thomas Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Michelle Charles, potential challenger Yvonne Shaw on Saturday declared that the constituency needs real leadership to tackle issues affecting residents – not social...
Described as a man of unwavering integrity, visionary leadership, and deep national commitment, Don Wehby’s passing on Saturday has stirred a wave of heartfelt tributes from across Jamaica and the Caribbean. The retired GraceKennedy Group chief...
Disbarred attorney-at-law Don Foote has lost his bid to overturn a 2017 decision of the General Legal Council (GLC), which found him guilty of professional misconduct for his mishandling of a court-ordered property sale. In a strongly worded...
A 43-year-old pay clerk who left a woman blind in one eye and injured two others in a vicious acid attack on a public bus is now set to be sentenced on July 30 in the Home Circuit Court. Nicolene Gray, who pleaded guilty in April to three counts of...
Constable Odane Davidson, the traffic officer accused of soliciting and accepting a $10,000 bribe from a motorist, was, on Wednesday, acquitted of corruption charges in the Portmore Night Court after a parish judge ruled that there was insufficient...
The police on Monday foiled a brazen daylight hit job, ending with the fatal shooting of five men and the seizure of four firearms during a reported gun battle along Jacks Hill Road in St Andrew. The deadly encounter, which unfolded around 12:40 p....
A Kingston labourer who beat his four-year-old stepson over two hours for eating slowly, resulting in the child’s death, has been sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter. The sentence was handed down by Justice Bertram Morrison in the St...
A murder accused is to face fresh committal proceedings in the St James Parish Court after a legal misstep by a parish judge in accepting an inadmissible witness statement resulted in the quashing of a committal order in the murder case. In a...
A senior police officer testified on Monday that the mother of Constable Noel Maitland’s child initially agreed to give a statement to police following the disappearance of social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson but later changed her mind. The...
A former Sagicor Bank branch manager and two of her former colleagues are accused of orchestrating a sophisticated internal fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned approximately $65 million from the financial institution through the creation of seven...
Amid yesterday’s protests from some employees over mould, poor air quality, and ventilation issues at the Administration General’s Department (AGD), the head of the entity is declaring that the building is not a “sick building” and that extensive...
Seventy-nine-year-old Alvin Ricketts, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019 for the 2008 murder of a farmworker on a St Ann coffee estate, is now a free man after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and entered an order for...
The Kingston deliveryman hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment will continue his testimony on Monday after the trial was adjourned yesterday. The witness was released early on Thursday and given Friday off to carry...
A Kingston delivery man hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment, testified on Monday that the lawman appeared surprised when informed that the police had seized his truck. According to the witness, Maitland later...
The chief crime scene examiner from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) testified yesterday that he was unaware that the police had visited and processed Constable Noel Maitland’s apartment before his team’s official examination...
The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland resumed un Monday after a seven-week adjournment, with testimony from the chief crime scene examiner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). The examiner confirmed that packages...
The tragic death of a Chinese businessman on Sunday morning has prompted urgent calls from senior police officers for the permanent closure of the old Causeway Bridge to recreational fishing, as law enforcement officials warn that the location...
Prominent accounting firm UHY Dawgen and its managing director, Dawkins Brown, have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay US$31,499.21 in unpaid rent to the operators of New Pineapple Shopping Centre Ja Limited in Ocho Rios, St Ann. In a...
Former People’s National Party (PNP) lawmaker Jolyan Silvera will remain behind bars after the Court of Appeal upheld a previous ruling denying him bail in relation to the murder of his wife, Mellissa Silvera. Silvera, 52, who has been behind bars...
A former police constable, who was dismissed after pointing a firearm at two of his colleagues – one of whom was a superior officer – and hurling expletives at them during a late-night patrol, has lost his appeal to be reinstated to the Jamaica...
“Mi did affi run come down here!” exclaimed Constance Duncan, a 57-year-old teacher from Olympic Gardens, who made a desperate dash to the National Water Commission (NWC) head office on Marescaux Road in Kingston just hours before today’s Debt...
The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland was on Thursday adjourned until July 7 in the Home Circuit Court for administrative reasons that were not disclosed to the public. Maitland is currently on trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend,...
Defence attorney John Clarke yesterday raised concerns in the Home Circuit Court about the Crown’s failure to comply with court-mandated electronic disclosure procedures in the anti-gang trial involving Tesha Miller and 22 other alleged members of...
