Burrell, Eldridge murderers to be re-sentenced - Decision from Privy Council ruling on death sentence
THE TWO men who were sentenced in March last year to hang for the 1999 murder of 20-year-old Tahj Burrell and 22-year-old Jason Eldridge appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.

Freedom for MoBay duo
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO MONTEGO Bay men who recently had their conviction on illegal possession of firearm and shooting charges quashed by the Court of Appeal were granted bail when they appeared in the Western Regional Gun Court...

St James records 30% rise in crime
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE HAS been a 30 per cent increase in the number of murders committed in St. James this year. Since January, there have been 72 murders committed, 21 more than the corresponding period in 2004.

Men wearing earrings in court no problem - judge
WESTERN BUREAU: SENIOR RESIDENT Magistrate for St. James, Winsome Henry, on Wednesday told policemen it would not be necessary to ask young men appearing before her to remove their earrings.

Males are 90% of road death victims
MALES ACCOUNTED for approximately 90 per cent of traffic deaths over the past five years, the Police Traffic Management Department reported on Wednesday. Most of the accidents have involved male drivers between ages 21 and 35 years.

Murder convicts await sentencing guidelines
A LARGE number of murder convicts are now awaiting sentencing as the guidelines as to how hearings should proceed have not yet been completed.

CCTV project still in limbo - Gov't mum on pilot phase
AFTER FAILING to fulfil its pledge of setting up closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras islandwide by September 2004, the Government is now refusing to say when the project would progress from its pilot phase.

BSI investigating controversial 'police killing' in August Twn
THE BUREAU of Special Investigation (BSI) said it has collected eight statements in connection with the controversial killing of 19-year-old Leon Johnson, allegedly by the police, in August Town, St. Andrew, last Thursday.