THUGS BEAT CABBIES FOR TAX
Two taxi drivers were beaten by thugs in Spanish Town, St Catherine, over the weekend, one in full view of policemen who reportedly turned their backs while the beating was being administered, THE STAR understands...
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Spurned lover found hanging
The Port Antonio police are investigating the circumstances in which a taxi operator known only as 'Shorty' was found hanging by a length of rope from a tree at Passley Gardens, Portland, yesterday....
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Man remanded for car theft
A man accused of stealing a motor vehicle appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. Charged with larceny of motor vehicle is Kevin Higgins of a St Mary address.
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Women charged for drug trafficking
An Air Jamaica employee and a British national who are accused of drug trafficking were granted bail when they appeared in court last Thursday. Twenty-four-year-old customer- service agent Cathy-Ann Small and Paulette Garrick...
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Residents protest cop killing
A strong detachment of police officers was deployed to lower Mountain View Avenue, after two shootings rocked the area mid-morning yesterday. Reports are that the police went to the Bygrave Road area to respond to the murder of Ijah Young...
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Student pleads not guilty to burglary
A student pleaded not guilty to attempted burglary in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. The accused man, Shawn Buchanan, is accused of being in a room...
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Grandma murdered
A four-year-old boy was forced to watch as gunmen pumped three bullets into his grandmother as she was about to take him out of her vehicle in Boundbrook, Portland, on Saturday.
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Revenge killing in Westmoreland
A 33-year-old farmer who was accused of setting his girlfriend's house on fire was set upon and chopped to death by a mob at Porters Mountain, Westmoreland, on Saturday.
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Good Samaritans' case gets new date
The trial of the three men charged with the murder of the couple dubbed 'the good Samaritans' was on Friday put off to May 15 for mention in the Home Circuit Court. Another mention date was set because the defence lawyers...
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