In another alarming revelation about the savagery allegedly carried out by the One Don Gang, the self-confessed former member testified on Tuesday that one of his ex-cronies had boasted to him about walking around with the head of a rival in a...
The ex-crony of the One Don Gang testified on Monday that one of the 33 alleged members of the gang now on trial had told him that he had murdered a policeman in Portmore, St Catherine, but faced withering cross-examination questioning the...
While staunchly defending the reimposition of states of emergency (SOEs) on Sunday, a combative Prime Minister Andrew Holness argued that his administration would not stand by and do nothing in the face of a tidal wave of deadly crime. In...
Amid a pending ruling on the constitutionality of specific detentions under states of emergency (SOE), the Government insisted Sunday that it has the power to hold persons without preferring charges as a pre-emptive mechanism to prevent crime. The...
The ex-member of the One Don Gang yesterday told the Home Circuit Court that although he had been the don of a St Catherine community, he had never owned a gun nor had he benefited from the “donmanship”. The prosecution’s second star witness –...
A former top lieutenant of the One Don Gang yesterday admitted that he did not mention the reputed leader’s brother and another defendant in any of his multiple statements to the police despite testifying in court that they were members of the gang...
Continuing with his push for mediation to be used more widely in settling matters before the courts, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has said the Caribbean must now start to promote mediation as the primary means of settling disputes. “The courts...
The prosecution’s first star witness disclosed on Tuesday that he had suspected that the police had a criminal case against him before he came forward with information on the One Don Gang. The witness had previously testified that he voluntarily...
A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday revealed that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan not only gave orders for persons to be killed, but also requested pictures of their bodies as confirmation of their demise. “Blackman like when you...
Amendments to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2021 to increase its penalties were passed in the both Houses of Parliament on Friday despite protest from the Opposition, which called for speedy implementation of the 2018 law that they say will...
A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday revealed that he had secretly recorded conversations with alleged leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan and other key lieutenants and handed them over to the police as they probe the operations of the deadly...
A former don-turned-prosecution witness revealed on Wednesday that one of the alleged members of the One Don Gang wanted to dismember a murder target and to take his head to reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan. The murder target in question, who...
A former top commander in the One Don Gang yesterday disclosed that he did not trust the lone female alleged member of the gang, a pastor, and that at one point, he felt that she was setting him up to be shot. The ex-gangster, who claimed he was...
A former don-turned-prosecution witness delivered a shocking testimony on Monday, claiming that a member of the One Don Gang had told him that he wanted to exhume the skull of a dead man so that he could use it to drink blood. The ex-gangster, who...
A former top commander in the One Don Gang yesterday testified that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan had reportedly given orders for some of the gang members to be executed. The former gangster, the second top-tier member to be testifying...
A former top lieutenant in the One Don Gang yesterday testified that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan had warned him that the only way out of the gang was death or prison. The witness, who claimed to have risen to the level of second in...
An ex-member of the One Don Gang testified on Wednesday that when he first went to the police with information about the criminal organisation, law enforcers did not believe him. The second prosecution witness, who had a full-time job during his...
The ex-gangster who is one of the prosecution’s main witnesses in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial said on Tuesday that the only benefit he would get from testifying against his alleged ex-cronies is a spot in a graveyard. The witness, who was on...
Yesterday a former member of the One Don Gang blamed nervousness for several glaring inconsistencies between his statements and his testimony in court. However, the witness rejected suggestions from the attorney of reputed gang leader Andre ‘...
Relatives of the elderly Jamaican-Canadian couple who was gruesomely murdered in Retreat, St Thomas, three years ago, say they have forgiven the killer and are thankful that he confessed. The 29-year-old farmer, Fabian Skervin, who had pleaded...
A former executive of the now-defunct used-car dealership CarMax, who was implicated in a multimillion-dollar fraud probe at the company, was freed of fraud charges last Friday. Businessman Darren Blake, who was arrested and charged in March 2015...
While asking the justices to throw out the appeal against the Full Court’s ruling, a government lawyer argued on Thursday that the dreadlocked student at Kensington Primary had no guaranteed right to attend the school. The Full Court had ruled in...
Lawyers for the self-proclaimed Nazarene couple, whose child was refused a place at Kensington Primary School because of her dreadlocks hairstyle, yesterday argued that the Full Court erred in finding that the child’s constitutional rights had not...
Parish courts across the island will be rolling out a case management programme next year, which will ensure that all criminal matters coming before the court are completed within two years. Simple and standard criminal cases, however, are expected...
Buffeted by criticism of the flagship legislation used to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Holness administration will face an acid test when the first constitutional challenge against the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) is to be mentioned...
