The blind man's musical gift
HE MAY BE going blind, but 54-year-old Vincent Reid is a long way from giving up and doing nothing. In fact, he has taken up a very unusual profession of using an old carpenter saw to make beautiful music.

Police brace for 'Bulbie's' funeral
WITH THE FUNERAL of former Clansman leader Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett scheduled for this weekend, the Jamaica Constabulary Force says it is bracing for possible disruptions by his followers in Spanish Town and Clarendon.

Man held for girlfriend's murder
IAN MCKAY, 37, was held for the murder of his girlfriend, Tamoya Bailey, 20 and appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday. Bailey's nude body was discovered on November 7 on a beach off the coast of Port Royal.

Bail extended for soldier accused of carnal abuse
SPANISH TOWN: JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE private, Handasyde Ellington, 23, who is facing a charge of carnal abuse, will return to the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on January 23 next year, for his preliminary enquiry.

Man sentenced for attempted double murder
PORTLAND: DWIGHT GREEN OF Boston Bay in Portland, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in the Buff Bay Home Circuit Court on Wednesday for attempted murder. Green, 28, was arrested by the Portland police in February ...

Accused pleads not guilty to assault
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN ACCUSED of attacking a teenager who was related to a man with whom he had a dispute, pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court, St. James, on Wednesday.

Bail granted to woman accused of harbouring fugitive
WESTERN BUREAU: A WOMAN WHO was before the Montego Bay Resident's Magistrate Court on Wed-nesday, answering to a charge of harbouring a fugitive, was granted bail and asked to relocate for her own safety.

Court continues hearing on man's chopping death
BLACK RIVER: THE PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY into the death of William 'Eric' Dunkley continued in the Black River Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday before RM Stanley Clarke.

Wanted 'Devil' in police custody
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Ricardo Lawrence, also called 'Devil' of De la Vega City, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, who the police claim is wanted for several counts of murder and shootings, is now in custody at the Spanish Town Police Station.

Robbery 'victim' accused of embezzlement
A MAN ACCUSED of trying to trick the police by telling them that he was robbed of over half a million dollars was remanded in the Spanish Town RM Court on Wednesday on an embezzlement charge.

School boy's bail extended for assault
SPANISH TOWN: KIMION BOYD, 18, a school boy accused of assaulting a female student at Innswood High School, had his bail extended in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.