Husband, wife, and daughter in law remanded over marijuana bust

Three members of the family were today remanded to prison on drug trafficking charges. The three, 64-year-old Keith Barker, his wife 56-year-old Cheryl and their daughter in law Loretta Chisholm appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charges. The three were jointly charged with having 42 kilograms 500 […]

From manslaughter to murder. Businessman who shot and killed a father of three now facing a murder charge.

Businessman Erwin Bacchus is now facing a murder charge. This was after the  Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew the manslaughter charge and instituted the new charge today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new charge was read to him when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman. He was remanded to prison. The businessman who owns […]

Construction worker remanded for trafficking in narcotics

The  53-year-old  man appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was remanded prison until October 8th. The court heard that on September 15, 2018,  Andrew Jordan, a construction worker of Lot 15 Craig Street, Campbellville had 100 grams of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. The man pleaded not guilty to the […]

Cigarette row murder suspect charged and remanded 

Matthew Parks, a 20-year-old youth from East La Penitence was today charged with the murder of 22-yr-old GWI, employee Roger Allen.  Allen was stabbed by the suspect at the corners of Durban and Chapel Streets on September 13th and succumbed to his injuries hours later. Parks was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief […]