Canadian to do time for ganja
WESTERN BUREAU: A 20-year-old Canadian woman will be spending the next 15 months in prison after she failed to properly manage her finances which led to her trying to take drugs out of the island. A tearful Tracy-Ann Lanu...

Dangerous 'dutch pot'
A 29-year-old man, charged with malicious destruction of property, yesterday told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court that he only used a 'dutch pot' to destroy his mother's home and belongings ...

Man charged with carnal abuse
A man, who, reportedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl, was brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer to carnal-abuse charges. Allegations in the matter are that the minor...

Three killed in separate incidents
A 72-year-old man was among three persons killed in separate incidents yesterday. The elderly man, Alfred Mesquita, a carpenter of Harrison Town in Ocho Rios, St Ann, was killed when fire destroyed his five-apartment dwelling...

Nine-year-old boy held with gun
A nine-year-old primary schoolboy was held with a firearm yesterday at the learning institution, police say. The pre-teen, whose name is being withheld due to his age, was left in the custody of his parents...

Two bodies found in 150-foot-deep well
Police last night called off a massive operation in densely thick woodlands in Greenwood, Trelawny, to recover the remains of two men from a well. The operation got under way from as early as 6 a.m. yesterday...

Christian man accused of rape
Spanish Town: A Christian man from St Catherine was recently brought before the court after he was accused of raping the woman he was engaged to marry. The man was offered $50,000 bail in his own surety when the matter came up...

Three killed in separate incidents