^{Barbados! 2026} Chapman Lane man remanded on firearm charge, St Philip man gets 15 years for raping eight-year-old girl, Grazettes man fined $40k for stealing nearly 68kg of cannabis, Convicted drug smuggler sentenced to time served to be deported, Life term for Haynes with 17½ years minimum for slaying friend, Court to hear sacrilege case facts in October, Inquiry ‘pending’ after ‘Bounty’ crawls into Magistrates’, Lawyer demands answers after ‘Bounty’ seen crawling into court, Murder arson accused seeks legal aid, Five female juveniles aged between 14 and 16 have been formally charged following a disturbance along Marhill Street in Bridgetown, The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) Criminal Investigations Department (Central) has arrested and formally charged Jaheim Remere Holder, Sentencing continues for man who dumped granddaughter’s body, ‘Last warning’: Mercy running out says judge to gun offenders, In custody: Jeremy Shamar Moore, 71-yo woman remanded on murder charge, Serial killer gets at least three decades behind bars, Christ Church man to be sentenced in March for unlicensed firearm, Woman admits killing partner after ‘move on’ message says prosecutor, Youth charged with murder

2026.8.1 Court to hear sacrilege case facts in October
A man who admitted stealing items from an Anglican church is to return to court in October, when the facts of the case and his custody record will be presented.
Chad Anderson Payne, of no fixed address, appeared before Justice Christopher Birch and pleaded guilty to entering St Paul’s Anglican Church and stole cash, a speaker and an equipment bag with a total value of $370 belonging to the Anglican Diocese between July 2 and 3, 2025.
The plea was accepted on behalf of the State by prosecutor State Counsel Tameisha Sobers.
Justice Birch adjourned the case until October 16 for the facts and Payne’s custody record to be read into evidence in the No. 5A Supreme Court.
Payne is self-represented.

2026.7.3 Life term for Haynes with 17½ years minimum for slaying friend
A self-confessed murderer will spend a minimum of 17 and a half years behind bars before he can be considered for release for the slaying of his friend.
Justice Carlisle Greaves sentenced Javonne Rommel Haynes of Syndicate Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, to life imprisonment with a starting point of a tariff of 35 years for murdering Kadeem Brathwaite on June 7, 2020, before several deductions were made including that for the deceased’s “extremely provocative” behavior..
Several witness statements were read in No. 3 Supreme Court, which placed Brathwaite and a number of his friends at Reece Road, Bush Hall, with Haynes and another man walking past the group. The witnesses stated that Brathwaite approached and held onto Haynes while searching him.
One witness told police: “I saw Javonne and Kadeem start to fight by a shop gate. Whilst they were fighting I heard Javonne say ‘Shoot he! Shoot he!’ When he said this, I saw (the other man) who was about an arm’s distance away point a firearm at Kadeem’s head… Javonne and Kadeem let go of each other and I saw Javonne snatch the firearm out of (the other man’s) grasp and in doing so, I saw Kadeem turn around and run off towards Pioneer Road. I then saw that Javonne had the firearm in his hand as he ran off behind Kadeem. And they turned right on to Pioneer Road and out of my sight.
“About two seconds after, I heard a loud explosion, which sounded like a gunshot, and it seemed to come from Pioneer Road. On hearing this, I ran up along Reece Road and turned right through a track. On doing so I heard about five to six more explosions, which sounded like gunshots.”
Another heard Brathwaite ask Haynes: “You got your gun on you? I hear you want to shoot me,” while Haynes tried to get away. Another witness told police that as Brathwaite held onto Haynes’ pants, he began punching Haynes to the left side of his head. They also reported that when Haynes took the gun from the other man, Brathwaite ran away with the convicted murderer in pursuit before hearing loud explosions.
One witness told police that after shooting the deceased, Haynes said: “He disrespect me and nobody can’t disrespect me on no block.”
In the autopsy, a gunshot entry wound and exit wound was found to Brathwaite’s lower back and cause of death was ruled as gunshot wound injuries to the abdomen with haemorrhage and shock.
Asking the court for leniency and pointing out that he had turned himself into the police, Haynes said: “I apologise to the Brathwaite family for the death of Kadeem. Up to the day he died he was my friend.”
Lamenting that the use of firearms to commit murder in this jurisdiction did not seem to be abating, Justice Greaves insisted that those convicted must expect substantial custodial sentences including life imprisonment.
The judge noted that the most aggravating factor of the offence was that the now convicted man pursued the deceased for some distance, shot him in his back and discharged several other rounds after Brathwaite fell. Justice Greaves then raised the tariff to 40 years.
This was then reduced by five years, after the judge described the deceased’s behaviour towards Haynes as “extremely provocative and humiliating” to the now convicted man.
“The one mitigating factor I find to be more significant is the agitation and provocation he endured at the time. Whether or not the deceased man had reason to believe that the now convicted man was going to shoot him at some time, his actions towards the now convicted man were extremely provocative. In fact, they were humiliating. He dressed him down in public in front others and searched him as though he was a schoolboy under the management of a headmaster. The evidence suggests that he (Brathwaite) started to beat him up and put some cuffs in him too. Every man has his pride.
“I think that is a substantial act of provocation, which could even have resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.”
Haynes was credited a one third discount for his plea and for the six years spent on remand.
Warning that having a gun affects persons’ minds in the same way alcohol gives them ‘dutch courage’, the judge said: “You can’t use it if you don’t have it”.
“You all must learn to put the guns down. If you did not have it that day, you would not have killed your friend.”
Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Krystal Delaney prosecuted the case, while defence attorney Sade Harris represented Haynes.

2026.6.30 Convicted drug smuggler sentenced to time served, to be deported
A Guyanese national who attempted to smuggle cocaine and cannabis into Barbados more than five years ago has been sentenced to time served and will be deported.
Justice Pamela Beckles sentenced Collis Arlington Paul to 12 years’ imprisonment for trafficking 1.29 kilogrammes of cannabis and 607.81 grammes of cocaine within Barbados’ territorial waters, and to 10 years for possession and importation of the drugs, all on March 28, 2021. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Paul, along with three other men, was intercepted by the Coast Guard in a vessel within Barbados’ territorial waters, 20 nautical miles off South Point. The vessel contained 22 bags holding 343 packages of cannabis and cocaine.
During his interview, Paul admitted the drugs were his, stating: “My purpose was to deliver to a friend in Trinidad named Snoopy.”
After considering his guilty plea, mitigating factors, and the more than five years he spent on remand at HMP Dodds, the judge imposed a sentence of time served.
No mitigating factors were found in relation to the offence. In aggravation, the court cited the nature and gravity of the offences, their prevalence in society, the substantial quantity of drugs, the fact that the offences were committed for illegal profit, the harmful impact of such substances on the public, and the role played by the accused.
Citing the case of Keith Harold-Mills versus the Queen, Criminal Appeal No. 2A of 2009, the judge endorsed the position of Justice of Appeal Williams, noting that while a two-tiered sentencing regime should not exist for nationals and non-nationals, foreign prisoners often lack family support, may face discrimination, may not integrate easily into the prison system, and may encounter language or accent barriers that hinder rehabilitation.
She said: “There is therefore nothing to be gained from housing foreign prisoners for longer than absolutely necessary. However, the court cannot lose sight of the havoc which can be caused by the scourge of illegal drugs and Parliament, too, in recognising this, has sought to deter this type of illicit activity by legislating stiff penalties for the possession, importation and trafficking in illegal drugs. Such stiff penalties will maintain public confidence in the administration of justice by ensuring that the offender is justly punished.”
A two-year deduction was made from the starting point for each offence in light of Paul’s guilty plea, cooperation with police, and the delay in the case reaching trial, before applying the one-third discount and credit for time spent on remand.
“The accused has already spent 1 911 days in custody for these offences. Can any useful purpose be served in keeping him incarcerated for a longer period? I do not think so,” Justice Beckles said before ordering his release to the custody of the Immigration Department for deportation.
Acting Senior State Counsel Maya Kellman prosecuted the case, while attorney Samuel Legay represented Paul.

2026.6.26 Grazettes man fined $40k for stealing nearly 68kg of cannabis
Dale Orlando Nicholls admitted he stole 67.7 kilogrammes of cannabis from a northern beach and kept it at his home after he saw “a move going down”. That decision has now led to him being slapped with a $40 000 fine in the High Court.
The resident of Scotts Terrace, Grazettes, reappeared in the No. 4 Supreme Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to having and trafficking 67.7 kilogrammes of cannabis on April 20, 2019.
Asking for leniency, he said: “From the bottom of my heart, I must apologise about the course that I took within that decision… I was prominent at the time in my landscaping business, and I made a silly decision. There were a lot of things on my mind. I guess when pressure takes hold sometimes you take what isn’t always the rightest decision.”
The court heard that, acting on information received, officers executed a search warrant at Nicholls’s home where they found a package containing the controlled drug. When he was shown the suspected cannabis, Nicholls told the officers: “It is cannabis. It belong to me. I t’ief it from Six Men’s, after I see the move going down.” As he was arrested and charged, he said: “It’s just a little herb, I ain’t kill nobody.”
But Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell found the large quantity of the drug aggravating, noting that it suggested that the cannabis was to be used for financial gain, that there was a degree of planning involved in getting the drugs transported to his apartment and that the drug was obtained while committing theft. She reached a nine-year starting sentence, after weighing these against the lack of sophistication of the offence and that no firearm or violence had been used.
“The court, however, is aware of the resulting violence that usually occurs after drugs are stolen from persons who import and traffic in drugs,” the judge said.
Nicholls was credited with a one-third discount for his guilty plea, leaving a custodial sentence of six years. However, after considering the circumstances of the case and the rehabilitative aspect of sentencing, Justice Smith-Bovell opted for the alternative sentence of a fine.
She said: “When considering the aggravating and mitigating factors and the maximum fine that could be imposed for possession under the legislation, the court is of the view that $40 000 is a reasonable fine in the circumstances, as the now convicted man was not the importer of the drugs but was being opportunistic in stealing the drugs for financial gain. He was still committing an illegal act within this illegal act. The absence of the use of any weapons, violence or any real planning in the commission of the offence also influenced the court in arriving at the sum.”
She ordered him to pay $15 000 immediately, with the balance to be settled by December 17, 2027, failing which, he will serve a six-year custodial sentence.
The case will be reviewed on September 25.
Nicholls’ defence attorney is Safiya Moore, while Acting Senior State Counsel Paul Prescod is the procecutor.

2026.6.26 St Philip man gets 15 years for raping eight-year-old girl
A 62-year-old St Philip man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl, with the judge stressing that such crimes must attract severe punishment to protect vulnerable children and deter offenders.
After his remand time was discounted, Shayne Douglas Marshall, of Rock Hall, St Philip, is left having to serve 13 years and 144 days more behind the bars at Dodds Prison for having sexual intercourse with a girl who was under the age of 14, between May 1 and June 30, 2019.
Marshall, had denied the charge and was unanimously convicted of the offence by a nine-member jury last November, following a three week trial.
Justice Pamela Beckles said: “Sexual assaults upon young children must be severely punished and those who engage in this evil conduct should expect to go to prison for a long period of time, not only to punish them, but also to deter other like-minded individuals who might have similar inclinations. Parliament, in fixing the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for such offences, clearly had that in mind as these laws are designed to protect young and vulnerable children.”
She added: “There is a high probability that the sexual activity which constituted this offence will have a significant and long-lasting adverse impact on the child. The offence occurred when the complaint was very young and at an important stage of her emotional, sexual and psychological development. This is a very serious crime. There is a clear need to denounce your conduct and impose punishment, which will act as a deterrent not only to you but to others.”
Justice Beckles found aggravating the nature and gravity of the offence, the victim’s tender age, the prevalence of such offences in society, the disparity in ages between the convicted man and the complainant, the degree of force used, the impact on the child, and her being exposed to sexually transmitted diseases. She then deducted one year from the 15-year starting sentence for the delay in adjudication and his “albeit late apology”.
The judge expressed concern regarding some of the contents of his pre-sentence and psychological reports, highlighting his revelation that he consumed marijuana and alcohol on a daily basis and had sought to blame his actions on this and the victim.
“While you maintain that it was not problematic, you attributed the offence now before the court partially to you being intoxicated. You have partly accepted responsibility for your actions although your explanation of the circumstances is of concern since you sought to blame the complainant despite her extremely young age as well as her mother along with alcohol intoxication. You therefore do not accept full culpability for the offence.”
Justice Beckles noted that Marshall was deemed as posing low risk of non-sexual reoffending and a below average risk of sexual recidivism.
She added that in his psychological report, the convicted man was found to be of low average intelligence and to have a limited recognition of the scope of his challenges and that the psychologist noted while Marshall acknowledged that he did engage in a sexual act with the victim, he described the act as “very brief” and that he believed that the entire episode was orchestrated by others.
Reading from the report, the judge said: “He did not appreciate the seriousness of the offence nor did he demonstrate any awareness of how harmful and inappropriate his actions were. Based on his representation of the case, the accused seemed to view himself as a victim and the only injured party.”
Justice Beckles ordered that Marshall undergo psychological and counselling programmes recommended by the prison psychologist and to enrol in any available skills or vocational programmes at the prison.
Addressing the No. 5 Supreme Court before the sentence was read, Marshall said: “Even though I feel 100 per cent innocent, I accept the consequences. Being in jail because of this case gave me time to speak to God. He said he has work for me to do. It made me close to God and I give thanks for that more than anything else in the world. I apologise to the family that put me here and I hope that they accept my apology cause I feel I deserve something cause I do good to these people that got me here.”
As he was led away, one of his relatives sank to the floor and began crying before being led out of the courtroom.
State Counsel Maya Kellman appeared for the State, while defence attorneys Dennis Headley and Shenelle Wharton represented Marshall.

2026.3.31 Five female juveniles, aged between 14 and 16, have been formally charged following a disturbance along Marhill Street in Bridgetown.
The Barbados Police Service said the incident occurred on March 27 and led to multiple charges.
One of the teenagers has been charged with wounding and causing a disturbance, while the other four have each been charged with causing a disturbance.
All five are expected to appear before the District ‘A’ Criminal Court on March 31.

2026.3.20 ‘Last warning’: Mercy running out, says judge to gun offenders
A High Court judge has warned that first-time gun offenders may soon lose the option of fines and instead face prison terms as the courts harden their approach to firearms crime.
“We cannot afford to be reaping the bitter fruit of dead bodies from alleys and canefields. We cannot be doing this, not in a civilised society,” Justice Christopher Birch said as he sentenced Keanu Nathaniel Harris in the No. 5A Supreme Court on Thursday.
Harris, of Clapham Park, admitted to illegal possession of a 9 x19 calibre semi-automatic pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition on June 27, 2025. He was given an eight-year starting point, but was alternatively sentenced to pay fines, with Harris ordered to pay $15 000 for the firearm and $12 000 for the ammunition, of which $10 000 was due immediately.
Justice Birch said: “The patience of the courts will soon come to an end, and the time is coming when the dispensation will be brought to an end because it is obvious that people are not listening. People are finding guns, and then they come to court with the expectation, ‘It is alright. I will get a fine for this’. That door will soon close, and it will not be reopened in any hurry.”
Harris ran from officers at Clapham Park, then threw a firearm over a galvanised paling before being arrested, police said. CCTV footage reportedly showed him discarding the weapon, which broke a window of a nearby residence.
The judge told Harris: “You may well be one of the last people who will walk through that door. You have heard in the Budget that gun courts are coming. I want the public of Barbados to be in no doubt that the time will come when the therapeutic approach will have to be replaced with the cold face of justice. I want the people of Barbados to understand that this cannot be allowed to continue, and the time will soon come when a man will come for the first time, with no convictions, and they will be thinking that they will hold a fine, and they will be told that they are spending years.”
He continued: “This gun fetish, this ammo sexuality – it must stop! Once upon a time, you would see young men at a dance hall holding onto a nice young lady. These days, you see fellas in the dance hall showing off weapons, not women. This must end, and if we have to roll back from forgiveness and start talking deterrence, so be it.”
Asked where he got the gun, Harris told the court he “found it out by me by the hard court” and that he didn’t report it because he “wasn’t thinking”.
“Don’t say you weren’t thinking,” Justice Birch admonished. “You were thinking enough to conceal the weapon. You were thinking enough to run away from the police when they spotted you. You were captured on camera throwing the weapon away, so you were thinking…So you found it, and it did not cross your mind to call 211 and say: ‘Police, there is a weapon here on the hard court. Come and get it.’”
“You thought to stick it in your waistband and walk around. That strikes me as the action of a full fool, and you have now given up some of your life in prison for nothing.”
Harris replied: “Sir, I regret every day that I spend in prison. I just want another chance.”
But the judge said: “Sadly, the streak remains unbroken, and I am yet to hear someone confess to me where they got the weapon or from whom. Everybody can find a gun on a hard court. Some of these people cannot even clean up their own rooms or paint a house, but they can find a gun.”
Noting that the gun was unlicensed and the convicted man’s denial of the offence to police when he was apprehended, Justice Birch gave an eight-year starting point before discounting two years for his age, lack of previous convictions, early guilty plea and employment history. Two more years were credited for his early guilty plea, and after his 264 days on remand were taken into account, Harris was left having to serve three years and 104 days for the offences.
But the judge agreed with both prosecution and defence attorneys in suggesting that Harris be ordered to pay fines instead.
The balance of the $15 000 fine is to be settled in nine months, or the custodial sentence will be activated.
“I don’t ever want to see your name around these courts again,” Justice Birch told Harris. “I don’t ever want to see you around these courts again. Should you come back here again, the well of mercy will be dry.”
State Counsel Eleazar Williams prosecuted the case in which senior counsel Andrew Pilgrim represented Harris.

2026.3.16 71-yo woman remanded on murder charge
A 71-year-old St Michael woman has been remanded to prison after appearing in court on a murder charge.
Veronica Eudora Mayers of Bridge Gap, Upper Goodland, St Michael, is accused of murdering Ralph Forde on March 9.
She appeared before Chief Magistrate Deidre McKenna at the Oistins Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.
The matter adjourned until April 13 and transferred to District ‘A’ Criminal Court No. 2.

2026.3.14 Serial killer gets at least three decades behind bars

Editor’s note: This report contains graphic court accounts of explicit violence

A self-confessed killer who murdered three people, including his mother, in a series of gruesome and remorseless attacks over a five-week period, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with eligibility for release after 33 years.

Ramario Antonio Roach, of Ocean Breeze, River Bay, St Lucy, was charged with the slayings of Tyrone Austin on December 18, 2018, his mother, Joanne Roach, between January 18 and 21, 2019, and Dr Sarah Sutrina between January 20 and 22, 2019. He was 18 years old at the time.

He pleaded not guilty to murder on all three counts but admitted to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, which was accepted due to his psychiatric report. Roach has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and cannabis use disorder.

Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell sentenced Roach to 35 years for killing Austin and to life imprisonment with a 40-year and 60-year tariff for the slayings of his mother and Dr Sutrina, respectively.

The judge said: “The court has pondered long, with some sleepless nights in trying to arrive at a sentence which would protect society, allow for the treatment of the now convicted man and aid in his rehabilitation; however, the overriding interest for the court must be that of the protection of the members of society and maintaining the public’s confidence in the judicial system.”

In her ruling, the judge highlighted the evidence presented by the psychiatrist regarding the manslayer’s retained responsibility for the killings. She outlined that Roach’s “level of culpability was high and that despite your mental illness, you were aware of what you were doing”.

Justice Smith-Bovell continued: “Dr Chase indicated that the now convicted man’s indication that he will not take his medication on release is a conscious decision not affected by his illness…. The doctor stated that based on his medical opinion, the failure of the now convicted man to continue his medication regimen will create a high risk of recurrence of offences like this. He also indicated that, having killed on previous occasions,persons are likely to be less inhibited in committing the same offences again.”

Considering the aggravating factors, Justice Smith-Bovell found that all three slayings were unprovoked and that all of his victims suffered immensely, particularly focusing on the vulnerability of Austin, an elderly man, and the use of a rock to kill him.

In the case of his mother, the judge considered the brutal nature of the attack as he struck her several times in the head with a rock and slit her throat, partially decapitating her, his use of a knife, and their relationship.

Regarding aggravating factors in the case of Dr Sutrina, Justice Smith-Bovell recounted a brutal and depraved attack in which there was evidence that Roach surveyed her home and lay in wait for her on the verandah. Using a knife, he abducted her and struck her four times in the back of her head with a rock as she was changing a tyre. He then mutilated the woman’s body, stabbing her several times.

Roach had also been using illicit drugs, was thought to be at high risk of reoffending based on the pre-sentence report and the psychiatric report, and showed a lack of remorse.

After deductions were made for his early guilty plea and the 2 599 days so far spent on remand, Roach was left with a sentence of 16 years, 74 days in prison for the death of Austin, and life imprisonment with a tariff of at least 23 years before becoming eligible for release for the manslaughter of Joanne Roach, and life imprisonment with a tariff of at least 33 years for killing Dr Sutrina.

The sentences are to run concurrently.

The judge also ordered that the convicted killer use his time in prison to enroll in any programmes which would develop basic academic and vocational skills, as well as occupational therapy, psychotherapeutic rehabilitation and any other programmes deemed necessary by the psychologist and/or psychiatrist for his rehabilitation.

Moments before the sentencing, Roach read a prepared statement asking God for mercy before apologising for his actions and asking for leniency.

He told the court: “I have done very terrible things in the sight of God and man. I am young, please have mercy on me, Father…. I sinned as a boy, now I’m a man. I now finally understand right from wrong. Had I known then what I know now, I would have never been in this position. Have mercy upon me, Lord. I never intended for this to happen.

“Sorry cannot bring back the lives that I have taken. I have made a couple of mistakes in the eyes of God and man. I am wrong. Thou shalt not kill. Honour thy mother and thy father that thy days may be long in the land of the living which the Lord thy God has given me.

“I am not the same person I used to be. I sincerely apologise to the court, the family and the Almighty Supreme for what I did. I acknowledge that I have caused not only my family but other people’s family tremendous pain. I could only imagine the torture I put these people through.

“Your Honour, please have mercy on me.”

The court heard that the body of 68-year-old Austin of Free Hill, Black Rock, was discovered in a well-traversed track at Walton Drive, Paradise Heights, by a university student on his way home from class.

In his statement, Roach told officers that he met the deceased, who asked for money for rum, but his efforts to get change for a $20 bill proved unsuccessful. They later sat talking in a track, where Austin again expressed a need for rum. Roach then threw a rock and struck him in the head, causing him to fall, before taking another rock and bashing him several more times before leaving the area.

In the slaying of his mother, Joanne, who went to River Bay Beach facility in St Lucy to take a bath, Roach struck her in her head several times and sliced her throat as she was walking back with him.

Roach told detectives that his father had whispered to him to let them kill his mother. Investigations revealed that his father was not involved in the slaying.

The decomposing body of 68-year-old American national Dr Sutrina was discovered by a resident at Ocean Estate, Northumberland, St Lucy.

On the night of January 21, Roach confronted the deceased at her home, and brandishing a knife, forced her to drive him to St Lucy. On the way there, the car struck the road edge in Northumberland, flattening the tyre. He directed her to Ocean Estate, where she stopped to change it. While doing so, Roach attacked and mutilated her.

Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale SC prosecuted the case along with State Counsel Paul Prescod, while Senior Counsel Andrew Pilgrim and attorney Leslie Cargil- Straker represented Roach.

2026.3.13 Sentencing continues for man who dumped granddaughter’s body
The No. 4A Supreme Court will next week hear additional arguments on sentencing and remand time for an 80-year-old man convicted of disposing of the body of his 12-year-old granddaughter.
Winfield Nurse, of Bush Hall, St Michael, was found guilty by a jury last November of disposing of the body of Rasheeda Bascombe sometime between 2002 and 2013.
Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis prosecuted the case with State Counsel Tito Holder, while Nurse is represented by attorney Lennox Miller.
Justice Donna Babb-Agard adjourned the hearing until March 18.

2026.2.22 Christ Church man to be sentenced in March for unlicensed firearm, ammo
A Sayers Court, Christ Church man who admitted to having an unlicensed Jericho pistol and 11 rounds of ammunition is to be sentenced in the No. 3 Supreme Court next month.
Ryan Timothy Andrews, of Opal Road, appeared before Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court and pleaded guilty to having a Jericho 941 .40 S&W semiautomatic pistol without a valid licence and 11 rounds of ammunition without a valid permit on September 4, 2024.
The plea was accepted by Acting Senior State Counsel Anastacia McMeo-Boyce.
Defence attorney Shadia Simpson, who represents Andrews, waived his pre-sentence report and asked for his remand time record.
Justice Carlisle Greaves is set to hear the facts of the case and submissions from the prosecution and defence before giving his sentence on March 27.
Andrews remains on bail.

2026.2.21 Woman admits killing partner after ‘move on’ message says prosecutor
After Devitus Chase told her that he had met someone else and advised her to move on, Shaniqua Kadeesha Cecilia Clarke devised a plan to kill him, a prosecutor told the No. 4 Supreme Court on Friday.
Last month, Clarke, of Helstone Lane, Gall Hill, Christ Church, confessed to murdering Chase between October 18 and 21, 2022. She was 27 at the time.
Reading the facts into evidence on Friday, Principal State Counsel Rudolph Burnett said that the two met in their neighbourhood in 2018 and became involved in a relationship with several ups and downs, as, in March 2022, they ended up before the court due to Chase wounding her. They rekindled the relationship a few months later.
The prosecutor said that Clarke became involved with another man and told him about Chase, but did not inform Chase of her other relationship. Chase later informed her that he had met someone else and told her to move on with her life, which infuriated her, as it appeared she wanted both men in her life, Burnett stated.
“The now convicted woman devised a plan to kill the deceased. In June 2022, the other person and the deceased met in Gall Hill, in close proximity to the now convicted woman when the other person visited her. There was an exchange of words between the two men. The now convicted womaninvited the deceased to Welches Beach where she planned to kill him so that he could not be with (the woman),” the prosecutor outlined.
On October 20, that same year, Chase’s mother went to Oistins Police Station to report him missing after his cousin reported that he had not attended work. The next day, police received an anonymous call about a body on Welches Beach. A relative who found Chase’s cell phone at home saw WhatsApp messages indicating that Clarke was the last person he had spoken to.
In her witness statement to police, the now convicted woman initially denied knowing anything about Chase’s death, but later said that she had reached out to him the day before the incident, and he agreed to meet her to talk. She called ‘x’ and told him, and ‘x’ expressed doubts about accompanying her, but she convinced him, “as nothing was supposed to happen.”
She said that ‘x’ was to have been in the area hiding before she and the deceased arrived.
In the record, the now convicted woman described that ‘x’ ran up as she and the deceased were sitting on the sand and began hitting him with a stick about the head before placing him in a headlock, and she “panicked” and stabbed Chase with a knife he carried for protection. “I do not recall the amount of times I stab him. I dropped the knife. I said to ‘x’, ‘This crazy.
This was not supposed to happen. You promised he wouldn’t die. He was bleeding and not moving. This is all my fault,” the statement read.
The convicted woman said the other person pulled the body into some nearby shrubs and threw the stick into a bushy area, and she placed the knife in a bag.
Defence attorney Sade Harris, who represents Clarke, accepted the facts, and Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell adjourned the case until April 17, when sentencing submissions will be heard.

2026.1.1 Youth charged with murder
A 17-year-old St Michael resident has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of Timothy Trotman last month.
Police said Adae Xavier Scott, of Military Road, Bush Hall, was arrested and formally charged by the Criminal Investigations Department in District ‘A’ for the offence, which allegedly occurred on December 22, 2025.
Scott is expected to appear before the District ‘A’ Criminal Court on Friday, January 2.