Category: Supreme Court

A Judge remanded murder accused Bradshaw and Balfour until 3/6/24.

Judicial Scoop: Judge remanded Leoda Bradshaw and her cousin Roland Balfour until March 6, 2024. Leoda Bradshaw, the American companion of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell, and her cousin Roland Balfour, whom the authorities implicated in the murder of Paulwell's 10-month-old baby and her mother, have been further remanded until March 6 next year. The police … Continue reading A Judge remanded murder accused Bradshaw and Balfour until 3/6/24.

A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty to 13 felonies in Manchester.

Judicial Scoop MANCHESTER, Jamaica - A 21-year-old man whom the police indicted for several felonies, including two counts of murder, was convicted in the Home Circuit Court on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Deandre Grant, a construction worker from Bellfield district in Manchester and Canaan Heights in May Pen, Clarendon, pleaded guilty to 13 charges laid against … Continue reading A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty to 13 felonies in Manchester.

Jamaica’s Supreme Court ordered the JCF to reinstate Rohan James.

KINGSTON, Jamaica–On Friday, November 17, 2023, Supreme Court Justice Tara Carr ordered that Corporal Rohan James, Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, be reinstated in his job in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, pending the outcome of his motion for judicial review. In granting the application for judicial review, the judge also ordered that the Commissioner … Continue reading Jamaica’s Supreme Court ordered the JCF to reinstate Rohan James.

Maitland’s defense team aborted his bail application.

In a shocking turn of events, defense attorneys representing Noel Maitland in the Donna Lee Donaldson murder case aborted his bail application hearing on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. The defense had scheduled a bail application hearing in the Home Circuit Court on Wednesday morning. Still, when the matter came before the Court, the Crown advised … Continue reading Maitland’s defense team aborted his bail application.

Johnson Smith took a victory lap after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith The Supreme Court ruled that Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith did not break any rules regarding corporate donations for her failed bid for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General. Johnson Smith believes this ruling confirms her innocence as she has maintained all along. Kamina Johnson Smith said in a … Continue reading Johnson Smith took a victory lap after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

The government accused a heart patient of importing illegal guns.

Judicial Scoop KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 36-year-old suspect, said to be a diabetic and a heart patient, is facing allegations that he knowingly imported firearms into the country through the facilities of the shipping company to which he was employed. The State revealed the troubling allegations in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on … Continue reading The government accused a heart patient of importing illegal guns.

Witness in ‘Beachy Stout’ trial admits getting rid of a gun and six cellphones.

A crown witness in the Everton 'Beachy Stout' Mc Donald trial testified under oath that the businessman instructed him to get rid of a prohibited weapon and destroy six cell phones shortly after Tonia got killed. Two of the destroyed phones reportedly belonged to McDonald, while another two belonged to Denvalyn 'Bubbla' Minnott, the contract … Continue reading Witness in ‘Beachy Stout’ trial admits getting rid of a gun and six cellphones.

‘Beachy Stout’s murder trial stalled again due to absent jurors.

The trial of Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald in the Home Circuit Court for the alleged murder of his second wife has turned into a clown show. I can't recall anything of this magnitude ever happening to a trial in Jamaica's highest Court.  On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the trial of Everton 'Beachy Stout' … Continue reading ‘Beachy Stout’s murder trial stalled again due to absent jurors.