Dr Claudette Clarke, the widow of chartered accountant Keith Clarke, yesterday recalled seeing her husband with his licensed firearm on the night he was shot and killed by three members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in his bedroom on May 26,...
A motorist who sued the State for $2.5 million claiming he lost, among other things, $1.1 million for the loss of the use of his vehicle, which was seized for four months, was instead awarded $850,000 plus interest in general damages after he could...
The murder trial of the three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers implicated in the shooting death of Keith Clarke was yesterday postponed until next Monday in the Home Circuit Court. The matter was postponed to give both the prosecution and the defence...
It was not the birthday gift Wayne Campbell had dreamt of, but for him, yesterday’s conviction of his former son-in-law and three accomplices for the daring daylight contract murder of his daughter six years ago was the best gift. “Today is my...
Holding back tears, Dr Claudette Clarke yesterday recalled witnessing her husband, Keith Clarke, being shot in their bedroom, allegedly by three soldiers while climbing backwards down the closet where he had gone to hide after hearing persons...
The widow of St Andrew accountant Keith Clarke, who three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers have been accused of murdering in May 2010, is expected to start giving evidence today at the trial in the Home Circuit Court. Dr Claudette Clarke had taken...
Facey Commodity Company Limited is blaming the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company for a massive fire which destroyed its New Port West warehouse and other structures in Kingston almost three years ago and is seeking to recover more than $2...
Dwayne Pink’s lawyer yesterday urged the jury to find him not guilty of the murder of Simone Campbell-Collymore and Winston Walters while arguing that the prosecution has failed to present any evidence to prove that Pink was involved in the deadly...
The attorney-at-law who is representing the alleged contract killer in the murder of businesswoman Simone Campbell Collymore yesterday sought to discredit the evidence of one of the shooters, branding him a liar. Attorney-at-law Sanjay Smith, who...
Omar Collymore’s attorney yesterday sought to convince the jury that the United States businessman had absolutely no reason to kill his wife and was merely just a “gyalis” and not a murderer. Attorney-at-law Diane Jobson, who is representing the 41...
Omar Collymore was yesterday painted by the prosecution as a cold-hearted man who was struggling for money and, as a result, over several days, engineered the horrific murder of his wife so that he could benefit from her $101-million insurance...
While proclaiming his innocence, one of the alleged murder accomplices in the January 2, 2018 shooting deaths of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore and her taxi-driver Winston Walters, said he did everything possible to separate himself from...
TWO MEN implicated in the brazen daylight contract killing of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore are to remain on trial after Justice Leighton Pusey ruled that they too have a case to answer. Dwayne Pink and Shaquilla Edwards are charged along...
King’s Counsel Douglas Leys, who has been retained by incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, says she has not stepped down from her post. “I can say affirmatively that she has not resigned, and it would not be advisable for her...
JAMAICA’S CREDIBILITY and reputation have taken a blow from the massive Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) fraud orchestrated at Steer Town Academy in St Ann, in 2022, coupled with last May’s leakage of the Caribbean Secondary Education...
Defence lawyers in the Omar Collymore murder trial will today make their cases for the court to dismiss the murder and murder conspiracy charges against the four men implicated in businesswoman Simone Campbell Collymore’s murder, including her...
CONFUSION SHROUDS Paula Llewellyn’s status as director of public prosecutions (DPP) with the Government insisting that there is no order in place for her to demit office, while the Opposition contends that the post is vacant arising from yesterday’...
OPERATIONS HAVE returned to normal at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston after correctional officers took a break from their regular duties yesterday to register their dissatisfaction surrounding their compensation review. The correctional...
Barbados-born businessman Omar Collymore, who is on trial for reportedly masterminding the murder of his wife, was the sole beneficiary on her $21-million life insurance and was also allotted 70 per cent of her second life insurance policy, which...
Businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore had taken out an $80-million life insurance policy less than three months before she was murdered to add to a similar policy she had valued at $21 million. A life insurance agent, now a branch manager, who...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn and defence lawyers in the Keith Clarke murder trial yesterday locked horns over the defence’s request to place the hearing on hold pending an appeal. The long-awaited murder trial involving...
With Jamaica aiming to become a global logistics hub, the Government is being urged to consider establishing an arm of the industry, investment and commerce ministry, to focus on improving and strengthening logistics on the island. Clive Coke, the...
New questions are being raised about the Jamaica Customs Agency’s (JCA) insistence on implementing a contactless clearance policy, with Clive Coke, immediate past president of the Customs Brokers...
VYBZ KARTEL’S lawyer Isat Buchanan has lauded the Court of Appeal for moving swiftly in scheduling a hearing date to determine whether the popular entertainer and his three co-accused should be retried. The Court of Appeal yesterday issued a notice...
BARBADOS-BORN business-man Omar Collymore and his three alleged accomplices implicated in the murder of his wife will now each have to answer to a count of conspiracy to murder after Justice Leighton Pusey granted the Crown permission to amend the...
