Topic: Greg Walcolm
Employees get backpay after case goes to court
The new owner of a janitorial service had all charges withdrawn on Thursday after the Crown confirmed that more than $35,000 owed to employees had been paid.
Jail for gross indecency with child
Devon Alanzo Stewart was sentenced on Thursday to four years and nine months in prison after being found guilty of gross indecency with a 7-year-old girl. Mr. Stewart had chosen to be tried by judge alone and Justice Timothy Owen delivered his guilty verdict last September, remanding the defendant in custody.
Charge withdrawn against business operating on public beach
Three defendants’ court cases have been affected by a recent grant of permission to operate a business on the public beach.
Youth gets eight years for two armed robberies of same store
A teenager convicted of two armed robberies at the same store was sentenced last week to eight years imprisonment. Justice Charles Quin said he could not ignore the violent nature of the robberies and the traumatic effect the robberies had on the victims.
Dad tells court he hit son because that’s how he was raised
A man who hit his son with a belt was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm. The harm consisted of bruises and marks on the leg and buttocks of the boy, who was 8 years old at the time.
Host of all-night dominoes game fined for loud music
The host of an all-night dominoes game learned about the Towns and Communities Law when he was fined $200 this week for playing loud music. Adam Mark Anthony Ebanks pleaded “Guilty, but with circumstances” to the charge of making noise likely to cause disturbance in the neighborhood.
Aunt sentenced for hitting 7-year-old with belt
A 7-year-old boy sent home from school for misbehaving was reported to police the next day as being the victim of an assault by the relative who had picked him up. The relative, a sister of the boy’s mother, appeared in Summary Court for sentencing this week before Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez.
Domestic dispute leads to alleged knife stabbing
George Town resident Shovanda Watson appeared in Summary Court on Thursday to face charges that she stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife on Tuesday.
Bail denied in burglary case
John Michael Schirn appeared in Summary Court on Friday after being arrested shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday by police responding to a report of a burglary in progress at a West Bay Road condominium complex.
