Rastaman on trial for assault
A 65-YEAR-OLD rastafarian accused of beating his child's mother after she said he stole $100 will stand trial today for assaulting the woman. Herman Ball, a mason from August Town, St. Andrew, pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm before.

Boscobel Primary School principal murdered
THE PRINCIPAL OF the Boscobel Primary and Junior High School in St. Mary was murdered yesterday afternoon. Manning Marsh, 56, was stabbed in the school's library and died after struggling to the front of the school building.

Bail denied for accused trio
western bureau: TWO OF THREE men charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, were denied bail when they appeared before Resident Magistrate Wilson Smith in the Montego Bay RM court on Wednesday.

Man remanded on murder charge
clarendon: A MAN WAS remanded in custody last Thursday when he appeared in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's Court before Senior Resident Magistrate Glen Brown to answer to a murder charge.

PM admits mistakes made in missing girl case
oranjestad, aruba (ap): ARUBA'S PRIME MINISTER admitted that authorities made mistakes at the start of the investigation of the Natalee Holloway case, the missing teen's mother said yesterday.

Alleged thief pleads not guilty
spanish town: RICHARDO COATES FROM Delacree Road, Kingston, appeared in the Spanish Town RM Court recently to answer to a charge of larceny from a dwelling.

Woman involved in car crash escapes prosecution
THE ST. ELIZABETH police are not considering bringing charges against a Kingston woman who crashed into a utility pole while transporting a 19-year-old man to hospital after he was struck by lightning on Sunday.