Alleged confrontation left one dead
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ALLEGED CONFRONTATION between two men has left one dead and the other before the court facing a murder charge. Charged with murder is 38-year-old Dean Waite of Mt Salem, St. James. He was remanded in custody...

Man pleads guilty to drug trafficking
WESTERN BUREAU: TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Hanover resident, Damion Harding, who tried to smuggle two pounds of ganja out of the island in bottles of liquor, was granted bail when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Inmate accused of murder gets legal aid
THE MAN ACCUSED of killing his cellmate after he ripped some pages from his Bible received the legal aid he requested. Michael Laoe was represented by his lawyer Donna McIntosh Brice-Gayle in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

21 y-o on gun rap to face court
A 21 YEAR-old man, who is facing gun and fraud charges after he was accused of pointing a gun at an attendant at a service station in St. Elizabeth, is booked to appear in the next sitting of the St. Elizabeth Circuit Court on June 19.

Man shot dead by off-duty cop
SPANISH TOWN: ONE OF TWO men who allegedly attempted to rob an off-duty policeman was shot and killed and a homemade gun seized. The dead man is Durran Barham, 20, labourer of Crescent District, St. Catherine.