Sickening visit to the doctor
NOW MOST of us will agree that whenever you cram a bunch of distressed people into one tiny room, it's bound to cause trouble. Tell them to wait, and you're just asking for disaster. In a small, musty waiting room at a doctor's office in Kingston recently, this theory proved....
St James Circuit Court seeks to cut backlog
WESTERN BUREAU: The Easter session of the St James Circuit Court, which opened in Montego Bay yesterday, will be extended by two weeks to adequately dispose of the large number of cases set for trial. More than 36 accused persons involved in the 44 listed cases...
Policeman freed of murder
Police Constable Andrew Rhooms has been freed by a Home Circuit Court jury of the murder of 31-year-old taxi driver, Clarence Fogoe.Fogoe was fatally shot on January 31, 2003 in Greenwich Town, Kingston 12. Defence lawyer, Oswest Senior-Smith, in addressing the jury...
Hostages plan many kidnappings - cops
Kidnappings doubled in 2008, but the high incidence of staged hostage taking in recent years has caused concern among police sleuths.Data revealed by Errington Malcolm, acting deputy superintendent at the Organised Crime Investigation Division...
Surfing for sex -Adolescents using cellphones to access explicit websites
Studies have revealed that a number of adolescents are using their cellphones to access Internet sites to download sexual content.Hi-end phones can detect unblocked wireless networking, otherwise known as WiFi, which are being used by adolescents to navigate Internet sites...
No more case delays - McCalla
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla has issued a strong warning that there will no longer be a situation in the courts where witnesses turn up only to be told that the cases cannot be tried.She made the disclosure yesterday while opening the Hilary session...
Man goes on trial for priest's murder
The trial of the man accused of the murder of Anglican priest, Father Richard Johnson, began yesterday in the Home Circuit Court.Johnson was fatally stabbed at the rectory near St Jude's Anglican church in Stony Hill, St Andrew, on November 12, 2006...