man who got a woman he met in church to hand over her jewellery valued at more than $500,000 to him after convincing her that the items were possessed with evil spirits, pleaded guilty in court yesterday.

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President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Howard Aris, died yester-day at the age of 75....

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A 32-year-old man who was recently nabbed by the police on more than a dozen warrants mainly for breaches of the Road Traffic Act was remanded in the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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Because the forensic certificate was still outstanding, the possession of ganja matter brought against dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was again set for mention on December 2.

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A United States national who fled to Jamaican a day before he was to be sentenced for first-degree sexual abuse has been captured and extradited.

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On Monday, the Court of Appeal is to begin hearing submissions from the prosecution to have businessman Patrick Powell's $10 million bail overruled. Powell, charged with the murder of 17-year-old Khajeel Mais...

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One of two men held with 30 gallons of rum along with $170,000 was given 12 months' probation, while the other was freed....

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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has received four jet skis from the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), valued at $6.7 million, which will enhance the force's ability to patrol the island's coastal waters.

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WESTERN BUREAU: The court case of two Cuban nationals who tried to enter the United States (US) through Jamaica with a fake green card got stonewalled on Wednesday due to lack of a proper immigration statement....

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Head of the Clarendon police, Senior Superintendent (SSP) Dathan Henry, has attributed a 52 per cent drop in murders in the parish since 2011 to an anti-crime strategy which has dismantled more than a dozen.

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