Flinging out the obeah - Man fined $10,000 for hitting another with stone
A man accused of stoning another man he suspected of working obeah on him and his family appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Conrad Wilmot, pleaded guilty with explanation when he appeared ...

Goat thieves bleat two years
santa cruz: Two men who were caught stealing goats in three communities in St Elizabeth last week were sentenced to two years' imprisonment at hard labour after they pleaded guilty to goat stealing when they appeared...

Hot boy drives into trouble
An 18-year-old youth who drove away his grandmother's car without her permission, so he could visit a girl, will have to wait a year before he can apply for, or hold a driver's licence.

Teen still in coma
A 15-year-old remains hospitalised almost two weeks after he was hit by another boy. The Star learnt that both youths had an argument when a piece of wood was used to hit him on his head.

'Buss head' for giving 'sap'
It seems losing a game of dominoes was just too much for Alphonso Gilbert. Gilbert, charged with unlawful wounding, is accused of hitting a man in the head with a stone after the man won the round and attempted ...

Still Walters run deep - Man gets nine-month suspended sentence for alleged assualt
Gavin Walters barely escaped jail time when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to assault charges. The court was told that Walters, 21, hit his child's mother in the face.

Hanging in limbo - The Ministry of National Security contemplates on the issue of capital punishment
spanish town: With nearly 13,000 murders in Jamaica in the last 10 years, some 80 per cent of which have been caused by the gun, the Ministry of National Security is still contemplating on the issue of capital punishment.

'Scotty' has been found
Gloria Scott affectionately known as 'Scotty' has been found. Scott, 72 of Abberville Avenue, Patrick City, Kingston 20, was found last Thursday after persons who saw the story of Scott in THE STAR contacted the family.