A labourer, who was freed in March of anti-gang charges in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, was on Tuesday offered $200,000 bail following allegations that he and another man robbed a truck driver of almost $500,000. Dwight ‘Jim Brown’ Hall, 34-...
One of the island’s major telecommunication firms, Cable and Wireless Jamaica, known as Flow Jamaica, is suing the Government and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to recover millions for damage allegedly done to its infrastructure during...
THE ST MARY labourer who was found guilty of the murder of two American missionaries in 2016 is to know his fate on November 10. The sentencing for Andre Thomas was scheduled for Friday in the Home Circuit Court before Justice Leighton Pusey, but...
LEODA BRADSHAW, the American companion of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell, reportedly travelled to Jamaica with the sole purpose of murdering Paulwell’s infant daughter and her mother. This happened one day after she had confronted the woman...
THE CONVICTED contract killer in the murder of businesswoman Tonia McDonald yesterday admitted that a man who he had shot with a fish gun disappeared before their case was tried and has not been seen since. Denvalyn ‘Bubbla’ Minott, while...
The Portland fisherman who said he was contracted by Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald to murder his wife, disclosed yesterday that he gave the police about 120 secretly recorded conversations between himself and the businessman. The murder convict,...
A convicted contract killer on Tuesday testified that when he informed businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald moments after his wife was killed that “it’s finished”, he replied by saying, “Good.” Continuing his testimony in the Home Circuit...
PORTLAND BUSINESSMAN Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald reportedly told the man whom he hired to murder his wife, Tonia McDonald, that he should find somewhere new to kill her. McDonald allegedly gave that order after the man and his accomplice went...
The convicted fisherman contracted by Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald to murder his wife disclosed that he and another man he had hired to carry out the hit made two unsuccessful attempts to kill the woman. McDonald, 68, and his co-accused, Oscar...
A FORMER employee of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald’s claimed that he lied to the police in his first statement because he did not want to meet a fate similar to that some of his co-workers, who had crossed his boss, had...
Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald’s right-hand man on Tuesday claimed he decided to come clean after initially lying to the police after the murder of his ex-boss’ wife after speaking with his prophetess. The witness, who...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, in sentencing convicted gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan on Monday to 39 years and six months in prison, said it was clear from the evidence that he was the “prime mover and shaker” behind all the gang’s killings. The...
Veteran attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is calling for the Jamaican Bar Association to convene an urgent meeting with Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke, to find solutions to safeguard lawyers against the potential financial risk of losing clients’...
A new trial has been ordered in the case of ex-cop Rushon Hamilton, who was found guilty for the 2008 murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, but his defence team is confident that he will be vindicated in the end. The ex-constable was ordered...
Amoi Leon-Issa’s fight for privacy did not end on Friday with her compliance with a Supreme Court order to give the police access to her phone as they probe the 2022 murder of her son, nine-year-old Gabriel King. King, who was developmentally...
A teacher left devastated after phishers emptied her savings of $1.8 million and took out a $1.6-million loan on her account is not only blaming the National Commercial Bank (NCB) for her loss but is demanding a reimbursement of her life savings. “...
After quoting scriptures for the second day in a row, notorious leader of the One Don Gang, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, yesterday boldly declared that he is the one and only don ahead of his sentencing on Monday. Bryan also admitted that he had given...
The lawyer for the St Thomas pastor, the lone female found to be a member of the Clansman-One Don Gang, on Monday recommended a sentence of approximately three years, along with time already served. The attorney’s proposal was made while asking for...
KING’S COUNSEL Peter Champagnie’s pleas for the judge to not impose a sentence for more than 15 years for a police sergeant who had raped a 16-year-old girl fell on deaf ears on Friday. The attorney argued that it would be hard for Christopher...
Alysia Moulton White’s defence team is now seeking to get their hands on information being held by Sagicor to clear her name of any involvement in a suspected $65-million racket uncovered at the bank’s Liguanea branch last October. Attorney-at-law...
The murder trial of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused is to begin from scratch on Monday in the Home Circuit, with the empanelling of a new jury, after the judge was forced yesterday to discharge two of the...
WELL-KNOWN Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald had reportedly reacted with surprise and anger on learning of his wife’s death and was washed in emotion when he visited her murder scene and identified her partially burnt body. Tonia...
A detective corporal who reportedly took an inmate out of jail and allowed him to stay home for a week, has been granted bail in the sum of $300,000. Corporal Ricardo Rose, who was assigned to the Half-Way Tree Police Station, was offered bail on...
SOME WITNESSES in the ongoing Petrojam fraud trial will be recalled for questioning by the defence next year January, when the trial resumes, following an amendment to the indictment. Former Petrojam General Manager Floyd Grindley and former board...
The head of one of the island’s largest transportation groups says his members are anticipating an increase close to 120 per cent, noting that anything under 60 per cent would be unacceptable. Transport Minister Daryl Vaz on Wednesday advised...
