Alleged 'gay' killers charged
Two men charged with the murder of a man whose decomposing body was recently found in Havendale, St.Andrew, are accused of killing the man because it was believed that he was gay, the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court heard.
Principal missing? - Classrooms cleaned out, students protest
Students from a school in New Kingston yesterday took to the streets in protest claiming that despite paying their fees, the head of the institution closed the school and left the island the previous night without their knowledge.
Drug mule begs for mercy
A woman accused of attempting to leave the island with ganja, begged for mercy in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday. Althea Graham pleaded guilty to possession, dealing in and taking steps to export ganja.
Linstead mob kills man
Angry residents of Treadways in Linstead, St Catherine chased, caught and subsequently hacked a man to death after he was reportedly tried to break into a shop yesterday.
School boy 'shotta' arrested
A 15-year-old male student of Petersfield High School in Westmoreland was arrested when an illegal firearm was found in his school bag yesterday.
He's a lucky Knight
A man who pleaded guilty to using his premises to store ganja, escaped a jail term, but was fined $63,500 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Man uses electric iron to hit 'biter'
An explanation of guilt brought laughter to the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday after a man told the court he had to use an electric iron to hit his attacker who was biting him.
Tips on surviving recession
Head of Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Dr Wendel Abel, has said that Jamaicans are noted for being able to survive hard economic times.
JUROR GETS IN 'SPIRIT', REBUKES ACCUSED
A juror who was reportedly filled with the 'holy spirit', created a scene in the St. Elizabeth Circuit Court yesterday, when she began rebuking the accused man, who is charged with murder. The accused man, Roger McKenzie...
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