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Submitted by Fed up Cop

I am concerned as a police officer of the conduct of some of my colleagues. Ghost guns seems to now standard operating procedure among some thugs in the force. More police officers need to speak out against the few who are giving the force a bad name. The pay is awful and the hours are long, I signed up because I wanted to make a difference.

If you are lodge member or willing to sell your conscience you are assured of accelerated promotion. Many getting promoted and hardly know anything about managing a station.Imagine you are not even covered for injuries suffered in vehicular accident while on duty.

Orville and Grantley were the best two bosses we ever had. Nothing will come out of the incident as no effort was taken to test for gunpowder residue. Hope the young man brings a lawsuit as it could be my family or even yours. Bad cops only make my job and others who respect the public as police officers job more dangerous. This video made me sad as an officer as no statement has come from my bosses

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74 responses to “Lawmen or Outlaws?”

  1. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Another shooting.

    https://nationnews.com/2025/04/20/shooting-in-parish-land/

  2. David Avatar
    David

    Doc: Alleged victim was in shock

    CONTINUED FROM ON PAGE 5
    By Antoinette Connell

    antoinetteconnell@nationnews.com

    Clinical psychologist Dr Dahlia Gibson, the final witness for the prosecution in parliamentarian Neil Rowe’s rape case, testified yesterday that when the alleged victim spoke with her, she had all the emotions associated with someone who had been sexually assaulted.

    Gibson, who is in private practice and also works with Ross University School of Medicine, said the complainant was upset, crying, ashamed and in shock.

    Rowe, the Member of Parliament for St Michael North West and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, of Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church, is accused of having sexual intercourse with a woman on September 18, 2022, in Christ Church without her consent or was reckless as to whether she consented.

    His trial is taking place before a ninemember jury, with Justice Pamela Beckles presiding, in the No. 5 Supreme Court.

    The witness said the woman was previously a client of hers around 2000 and that matter had been concluded, but on September 19, 2022, she received a call from her and she was upset, crying and wanted an appointment to be seen.

    The woman told her she had been sexually assaulted and, said Gibson, she ascertained her state of mind as she was crying and in shock as to what had occurred.

    The psychologist said it seemed urgent and an appointment via Zoom was set up for the next day. The complainant was in disbelief, confused, scared and had all the emotions one would expect of someone who was sexually abused, and from the 45-minute Zoom video, she could see she appeared very sad and distressed, the court heard.

    “The session really focused on stabilising her emotional state and for her to regulate her emotions. She was in a state of shock,” Gibson said.

    The doctor said she was an empathic listener and tried to get her client to calm down while ensuring she was not a danger to herself or to others.

    “Usually, with victims of sex assault they often blame themselves or feel so ashamed that they don’t want to live with the experience. So I wanted to make sure she was not feeling suicidal or that there was no rage or anger that she would hurt someone.”

    The woman, she added, eventually told her in another session that the person who assaulted her was Neil Rowe, a political figure.

    There was a follow-up meeting in person, Gibson said, because she wanted to see her client. The woman was still very upset and distressed but able to share more of her experience, was angry and trying to decide her next step.

    “I really just validated her experience that all the things she was thinking and experiencing at the time, that they were normal feelings and reassuring her that it was not her fault what happened to her.”

    Gibson said she advised her client to seek medical attention and to get prophylactic treatment in relation to the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

    In response to cross-examination by defence counsel Safiya Moore, the psychologist said she saw her client on the Thursday in her office after the alleged incident, and the woman said she had been seen by a medical officer but did not receive prophylactic treatment.

    The woman indicated, she said, that there was a call between her and Rowe following the incident and he was denying what happened. She did not know who initiated the contact, Gibson stated.

    The witness said it was not mandatory for her to make a report of sexual assault to the police based on her clients’ claims and she was never asked by the police to produce a report in the matter. What she gave police was a statement based on her experience with the woman.

    Source: Nation

  3. David Avatar
    David

    GUN CASES FIRST!

    Justice Greaves: Delays embolden criminals

    By Heather-Lynn Evanson heatherlynevanson@nationnews.com

    Outspoken judge Justice Carlisle Greaves has questioned why courts are concentrating on “little cases” when “people are shooting down the country”.

    “We have to nip this in the bud before it gets worse,” he declared yesterday. “We are already pretty late or else, let me tell you, you haven’t seen hell yet. We must prioritise these firearm cases and focus on them for the next three years or so and get them here (in court) fast, faster than the bullets they shoot.”

    As a result, he has called for courts to be dedicated to serious crimes like firearm-related offences and murders, and reiterated that trials of offenders must be quick and punishment severe.

    “You can’t keep doing what we are doing now and trying little cases, like assaults and spliffs, when people are shooting down the country,” Justice Greaves said, as he pointed to the 17 homicides that have been recorded in the first four months of the year.

    “The longer we delay cases, the more we delay cases, the more we embolden the criminal element and the more we weaken the confidence of the community and sap cooperation with the authorities, and cause them to feel that they must put measures in place to defend themselves,” he stressed.

    “When we try and dispose, in particular, of serious cases in a short period of time, we sap the confidence and arrogance of the criminal element and we raise the confidence of loyal citizens. If we follow this policy, we would not be in the position that we are in currently.”

    His comments came as he dealt with self-confessed gunman Joshua Antonio Leacock who was in the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday.

    Leacock, of Friendship Terrace, St Michael, admitted having a .40-calibre pistol and 37 rounds of .40-calibre bullets on September 21, 2022.

    He was represented by attorneys Simon Clarke and Ken Mason, while Principal State Counsel Neville Watson appeared for the prosecution.

    Justice Greaves fined Leacock $15 000 forthwith or three years in prison for having the illegal firearm, in addition to $10 000 in three months or three years in default for the ammunition.

    The judge noted what had caught his attention was the reason Leacock had given to police, in his dictated statement, for having the weapon.

    Leacock stated his brother was shot about three years prior and “ever since then we have been living in constant fear”.

    His statement said the man who did the shooting had been remanded on a murder charge; got bail and was released; shot at his mother, was remanded again and once again released.

    ‘Defend my family’

    “He said, through other people, that jail can’t hold him. I saw him driving in my vehicle and he look at me and laugh and out of fear, I decide to purchase a firearm, not to harm him but to defend my family,” Justice Greaves read.

    The judge noted this illustrated his point and was the reason why “our criminal justice system must work better on the issue of delay and eliminating it”.

    “I hold the strong view that there must be a policy to at least have our cases ready for trial in 90 days after first charge,” he stressed. “If the problem is one of a scourge of firearms, once they are captured and charged, we should be ready to proceed to trial in three months.

    “There is no way that men should be charged with murder and two, three, four . . . seven years later and you haven’t been tried.”

    He noted that in 2023, “after the trial of famous people”, there was a noticeable drop in crime.

    However, Justice Greaves said this year the island looked to be on course to double last year’s 49 homicides, if each quarter recorded 17 deaths.

    “If we did it right we wouldn’t need a Bail Act to try to deny people bail for two years. If we were doing it right, we wouldn’t get a statement like this.”

    He also dismissed the suggestion that there should be a ban on the issuing of gun licences, describing it as “the craziest thing I ever heard when there is no evidence that licensed firearm owners are robbing or shooting people”.

    The judge said responsible people were given gun licences and they had to undergo a psychological and psychiatric evaluation, a vetting process and firearms training.

    Source: Nation

  4. TheOG Avatar
    TheOG

    Dear Blogmaster,
    Though these articles from the newspaper are usually informative.
    Having the date of the article would be most helpful
    GUN CASES FIRST! 04/26/2025 or 04/26
    Thanks in advance
    Regardless of your response 🙂
    TheOG

  5. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Another shooting.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/04/26/man-injured-in-shooting-incident-2/

  6. David Avatar
    David

    Mother did not like people in house

    by ANTOINETTE CONNELL antoinetteconnell@nationnews. com

    MYRNA INNISS, the mother of Parliamentarian Neil Rowe, said she did not know there was a woman in his bedroom on September 18, 2022 – the date of a rape accusation against him.

    Inniss, a housekeeper, was the first defence witness to take the stand yesterday after the prosecution closed its case last week and Rowe had his defence options put to him. He elected to give a statement from the dock and called witnesses.

    The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly is accused of having sexual intercourse with the woman without her consent or was reckless as to whether she consented on September 18, 2022.

    The mother said Rowe is her only child and they, along with her husband, lived in the twoapartment property owned by her and her husband at Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church.

    On September 18, 2022, about 9 a.m. Rowe asked her to make him breakfast and she prepared two eggs, salad and baked beans but when she saw him in the kitchen and went to his room to collect his laundry to wash she saw a woman lying in a blanket, the witness stated. She felt as though she was intruding in her own home, she said.

    The bedrooms, Inniss said, were about a foot apart and the downstairs apartment was unoccupied at the time.

    When the police visited, the day Rowe was arrested, the alleged victim and her friend were also there.

    Cleaning

    In cross-examination by Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis, Inniss said she met the alleged victim prior to the date of the claimed incident as her son and the woman came to the house when she was cleaning his bedroom.

    They did not have a mortgage and Rowe paid no bills, she told the court.

    She did not know how her husband felt but Inniss said she did not like anyone coming to her home and told Rowe such.

    Inniss stated that she did not know what time Rowe got in the day of the alleged incident since she was asleep but Rowe and the woman left after 12 p.m. She checked the time and was looking outside since she wanted to get his laundry to wash.

    When asked whether she was willing to assist her son, however he needed assistance, the mother said “not really”.

    Meanwhile, in his statement earlier, Rowe said that when he realised about a month after what was happening, attorney Arthur Holder told him he was taking him to the police station to clear himself.

    He said he had nothing to hide because he knew he had not committed the offence he was accused of and he answered Sergeant Arthur Springers’ 45 questions honestly. Rowe said he was willing to give his blood samples because he knew they would not find his DNA on the alleged victim.

    Rowe said he asked police how a man could be charged for an offence he never committed. He maintained his innocence, he said.

    The MP said when the message came to him saying that the woman was willing to take money, he sent the messenger back, saying he would not be giving her any money.

    The matter has been adjourned until Friday.

    The trial started on April 7 and Rowe is being represented by King’s Counsel Michael Lashley and his team of attorneys Safiya Moore, Sade Harris and Johnelle King.

    Source: Nation

  7. David Avatar
    David

    Rowe takes stand

    MP denies having sex with woman

    by ANTOINETTE CONNELL

    antoinetteconnell@nationnews.com

    FOR 40 MINUTES Member of Parliament Neil Gabriel Rowe gave the court his side of a sexual assault allegation, repeating he never had sex with the woman he is accused of raping.

    Forty-five-year-old Rowe, the MP for St Michael North West, was about 17 minutes into his statement from the dock when he reached the point about what happened when he and his accuser arrived at his Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church home on September 18, 2022.

    Rowe, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, is accused of having sexual intercourse with the woman on that date without her consent or was reckless as to whether she consented.

    “At no time in the night did I attempt to perform oral sex on . . . and at no time did I . . . . At no time that night did I attempt to do any of the allegations that . . . brought against me,” he said.

    Talking

    The accused stated that after five minutes of talking with the woman lying next to him in the bed in a T-shirt and underwear, he was asleep “because that is the fastest thing I could do”.

    Yesterday, the day of his defence, Rowe, whose trial started on April 7, arrived with defence counsel Michael Lashley KC at 9:59 a.m. and at 10:51 a.m. the clerk of the No. 5 Supreme Court put the options of his defence to him and he decided to speak from the dock.

    The father of three started by denying the allegation, saying it had impacted his family and loved ones.

    He first met the woman, he said, on a party cruise in July 2022 which he attended with Chris Gibbs and when he inquired about how she knew him, she said through Minister Wilfred Abrahams. She asked for his number and he did not immediately initiate contact but about three weeks later they communicated and went to breakfast.

    That day she accompanied him home as he had to change clothes to go into the constituency. There was an occasion when the woman was at his house and while in his bed talking, she wanted to know whether he was just interested in sex, which made him laugh.

    “I said all I want is to get to know you as a person,” he said.

    Visit

    The woman was next to him in her underwear and the talk arose about her wanting an SUV and she asked for the deposit but he told her about getting a mortgage.

    On another occasion the woman asked to visit to “chill” and during that time she took off her dress and bra and was next to him in bed.

    “Even as I was talking to her and whats not I did not even touch . . . at no point, or made any sexual advances to her. We talk so much I end up falling asleep on her,” Rowe said.

    In a WhatsApp message that night the woman texted “smh” that she could not believe he fell asleep, the accused said.

    There was some tension between them after she asked about a female friend, which he thought was out of place, Rowe said.

    He next encountered her at the fete attended by Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams and their paths crossed at the toilet. When Abrahams was leaving and he also said he was leaving, the woman said she wanted a ride, Rowe said, but the person who brought her said he would take her back.

    Rowe said he told her he was going “straight home”.

    They went to St Lawrence Gap after the woman said she was hungry but every place was closed.

    At his house the woman went to the toilet and had her pants and underwear down when he entered and at that point he put his firearm in the safe.

    “I asked her if she was okay and she said yes. We end up having a shower together, ma’am. She soaped up my chest right. While in the shower she wasn’t slouching or stumbling or nothing, leaning up or sitting in the shower. She was standing all the time,” he said.

    Rowe said he gave her a towel to dry and T-shirt after she asked and she put on the shirt and an underwear and in five minutes he was sleeping.

    In the morning the woman wanted to be taken to breakfast but he got his mother to prepare some for him and gave her. When his mother entered his room while he was in the kitchen, he joked about her “mother-in-law”.

    He said they were in the bedroom talking and he passed the woman’s bag to her when the phone rang.

    “And honestly, ma’am, I decided I gine just prank with her, jokingly, and I had asked her if she remember making love to me, jokingly, and she jokingly laughed and responded . . . if that had happened I would remember,” Rowe said.

    He told the court he was going to the safe when he felt the woman’s presence and, after asking what she was doing there, did not open it so she never saw him with a firearm.

    He concluded: “I was wrongfully charged for a crime I did not commit. It was heartbreaking. My name was dragged through the mud.”

    Source: Nation

  8. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    @ FEDUP COP

    EVEN IN 2025 THE UNPROFESSIONAL AND CORRUPT POLICE ON THE 2×3 ISLAND CONTINUE TO SHOW THEIR BACKWARD MENTALITY.

    THIS TIME THEY PICKED ON THE WRONG PERSON WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND WHO DON’T LIVE ON THE 2×3 ISLAND.

    THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME.

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Date drugged me, says woman

    A 21-year-old American woman says she was “date drugged” by a man during her holiday in Barbados and accused police of victimising her when she made a complaint.

    In a telephone interview with this newspaper, the young woman, who has since posted a viral video on Tik Tok of the traumatising experience, said several women had reached out to her to say they experienced the same thing by the same man, who is also facing a rape charge in Barbados.

    Since returning to the United States a week ago, the woman said she went to a doctor to get tested and it showed traces of cocaine in the blood. However, she also believes the man spiked her drink with ecstasy as she said the symptoms she experienced such as a “lock jaw” and euphoria were consistent with ingesting an MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine).

    The woman said she and her best friend came to Barbados on April 13 for a four-day vacation. It was their first visit to the island and they were inspired to come due to Barbadian popstar Rihanna. They stayed at a hotel on the south coast.

    She said while lying on the beach on April 16, a man approached them and struck up a conversation. He then asked if they had seen Rihanna’s childhood house as well as other places of attraction and when they told him “no” he extended an invitation to take them there.

    She said the man also told her he was a Jamaican and that he had businesses in Barbados.

    They agreed to go out with him and later that day he took them to Rihanna’s house and then out to eat. He also took them to two locations of his business.

    It was then he brought up the subject of taking them out that night and because they were leaving the next day they agreed to go.

    When he turned up, he introduced them to a man he identified as his cousin.

    “When we got into the car he said “you’re going to see a different ____ tonight,” the woman recalled, pointing out that on reflection that should have been a red flag.

    It was while driving to the club that he offered them shots of alcohol and weed which she said they reluctantly took.

    However, it was while at the strip club that the woman said things took a wrong turn. She said he appeared very familiar with the club and with the girls. She saw him go into a back room and emerged with a bottle, ice bucket and glasses.

    “He hands me and my friend two stacks of bills. We take cheers, toast, we drink, nothing’s wrong. But then it gets to the second cup and I guess at this point, I’m starting to notice like the energy is kind of getting a little off because he’s getting a little bit more pushy. He’s like, you know, finish your cup, finish your cup, and he keeps pushing the cup in my face.

    “So that’s when I’m starting to feel a little off, but you know, mind you, I never took drugs other than weed before, so I don’t know. I’m thinking maybe it’s just alcohol. I’m feeling a little more loose. My friend, I’m looking at her, she’s doing stuff that she doesn’t usually do when she goes out. But I’m like, okay, maybe she’s just having fun. So at this point, he’s still pressing us, and he’s pushing the strippers in our face. The woman said he then took them to another strip club in Christ Church along with a woman he picked up from the first strip club. It was then she noticed that her jaw was locking. “I asked the girl if they put something in our drinks because I kept chewing my jaw and she said: “Oh no, we don’t do that here in Barbados.” She said the woman then went over to him and all of them got into his vehicle to leave. It was after he dropped off the woman that he became aggressive with them. “He starts going crazy. I mean, he goes off . . . . He was going off like screaming and he kept stopping the car like, every five minutes, in the middle of the road and he keeps going off.”

    She said when he arrived at their hotel she told him: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to tell her that and he slapped her three times in her face. Her friend then asked him why he had done it and he got out of the car and pulled her out and then demanded to know what room they were in. She said her friend who was not as affected as her grabbed her hand and dragged her into the hotel. “She told the security not to let anyone in and not to give them our room number. I was going in and out of consciousness all night. I was slurring my words. I was jittery. My friend told me she took me up to our room and I was going in and out of consciousness. She just stayed up all night watching me because she was scared that I was going to OD [overdose]. So she gave me a cold bath to calm the temperature down.”

    The woman said the next morning they went to security at the hotel and reported what happened and the security officer contacted the police.

    She said two officers arrived at the hotel including a female police officer.

    “The female officer was very sympathetic but the male officer was making disrespectful comments. My friend had a video of the glass we were drinking from with substances in it and she showed it to him and he literally said it could be substances from the ice cube. When he said that, it immediately threw off my friend and she was done. They invited us to the station but she said she was not going.

    However, the woman said she went with the officers to the Oistins Station and she charged that she was again disrespected by other police officers.

    “They were saying a lot of snarky comments, like victim-blaming comments. One of them even told me that if we kept saying stuff like that this could be bad for his image and his reputation and they told us not to go on social media and talk about it because it could be bad for Barbados. They kept asking for us to go take blood tests, in order to get him prosecuted but when they told me that I would have to go to the hospital and wait and it was 11:30 a.m. and our flight was 3 p.m. I told them I didn’t want to miss my flight.

    The woman said the officers then asked her if she wanted them to warn the man and she said “yes.”

    She told the DAILY NATION: “I don’t think they would even warn him but I want to warn young women who come to Barbados and who live there to beware of this man. This is not the first time he has done this.

    When contacted Police communications and public affairs officer, Acting Inspector Ryan Brathwaite said: “I can confirm that a report was made to the police in respect of this matter. The complainants were interviewed and investigations into the allegations commenced. However, the complainants were reluctant to follow the procedures which would enable the investigation to proceed criminally. The complainants further advised that they wanted the offenders warned. Notwithstanding the wishes of the victims, the police will continue their efforts to interview those persons who were mentioned as being concerned with this matter.”

    https://nationnews.com/2025/05/01/date-drugged-me-says-woman/

  9. David Avatar
    David

    Rowe’s team to call final witness

    The defence team for rape accused, parliamentarian Neil Gabriel Rowe, is expected to call its final witness today when the trial resumes in the No. 5 Supreme Court.

    Rowe, 45, of Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church, began his defence on Tuesday by giving an unsworn 40-minute statement from the dock and calling two witnesses – his mother Myrna Inniss, and Dr La-Tonia Arthur, one of the public medical officers.

    Rowe, Member of Parliament for St Michael North West and the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, is accused of having sexual intercourse with a woman on September 18, 2022, without her consent or was reckless as to whether she consented. The trial started on April 7 and the prosecution closed its case last week.

    Arthur said that in 2022, she interacted with Inspector Blackman-Alleyne and Sergeant Wood in relation to seeing the virtual complainant in the matter. She said that from the information she gathered, the woman had been seen by another medical practitioner and her advice was to get the information from that doctor rather than putting the woman through the trauma of multiple examinations.

    She had been told the patient did not give permission for her notes from the physician to be released so, said Arthur, the woman needed to be examined by an evidence kit. Arthur said she was not able to do the examination and police said the woman was not available for the set date, and after several calls she decided to speak with the woman herself to avoid any miscommunication.

    There was a back and forth conversation on October 2, 2022, over why the woman was not available and ultimately the call ended without a plan for the examination, Arthur said. She added the that tone of the conversation was that the woman

    Court

    Report

    by Heather-Lynn Evanson was dismissive and the complainant was the one who ended the call.

    She said that a woman menstruating would not prevent evidence from being collected, but the patient needed to give consent to be examined. A doctor might be able to tell within 24 hours whether someone had sexual intercourse but that would depend on several factors, Arthur added.

    The doctor told the court that such an examination would look for bruising and lacerations in particular areas like the opening of the vagina and the cervix.

    She said Barbados did not have a national sex assault protocol so it used the World Health Organisation protocol where a person, within five days of the assault, is offered a sexual assault evidence collection kit for samples to be sent to the lab.

    Under cross-examination, the witness said an examination could tell that sex occurred through vaginal penetration and based on whether there was semen.

    Arthur said she felt comfortable dealing with the case and the purpose of her statement on the matter was to record her effort at trying to have the examination done because she was going on study leave. She said she was taken aback by the complainant’s tone.

    She stated that she was given information which might have included Rowe’s name, but she had no idea who he was.

    Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis is prosecuting and a nine-member jury of five women and four men has been empanelled, Justice Pamela Beckles is presiding.

    Rowe is being represented by King’s Counsel Michael Lashley – in association with attorneys Safiya Moore, Sade Harris and Johnelle King.

    (AC)

    Source: Nation

  10. David Avatar
    David

    Defence rests its case in Rowe rape trial; addresses to jury on Monday

    TELLS OF GYRATING

    By Antoinette Connell antoinetteconnell@nationnews.com

    Parliamentarian Neil Rowe’s rape case is heading into addresses to the jury on Monday, paving the way for the judge’s summation and a possible verdict next week.

    This, after the the defence called its final witness yesterday and closed its case.

    Barry Daniel, who was with Rowe hours prior to the alleged rape, testified he saw the alleged victim gyrating on Rowe during an event put on by one “Surf Rat” in Dash Valley, St George, and Rowe tapping her more than once to stop her.

    Rowe, Member of Parliament for St Michael North West and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, is charged with the rape of a woman on September 18, 2022, at his Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church home and he pleaded not guilty on April 7.

    During his 28-minute testimony when the matter resumed around 10:21 a.m. yesterday before Justice Pamela Beckles in the No. 5 Supreme Court, Daniel said he and Rowe entered at the same time and at the bar a woman came over who Rowe introduced to him as a friend he met during elections. She was wearing a blue jeans and during the night, she took them to where she was standing and he was introduced to Wilfred Abrahams while “Browne” and “Fowlie” were also at that table.

    The witness said that the woman, the alleged victim, was dancing and she was “enjoying herself”, causing Rowe to tap her and tell her to stop what Daniel described as “waistline” movements. As the event was drawing to a close, he suggested to Rowe that they leave and around that time the woman and her male friend were discussing getting home.

    Daniel said he was about a foot away and could hear the conversation before he and Rowe left walking in an area where there were grits, and as they were doing so the woman ran to Rowe. The two, he added, held hands “like a couple” and he went to his vehicle which was closer and did not see them again.

    The witness said he became aware that Rowe was charged and Rowe had reached out to him via text asking him to contact a particular sergeant, but he was unable to do so after several attempts. He was never contacted by the police in relation to the matter, Daniel stated.

    Under cross-examination, he said he never went to the police station while Rowe was there.

    He could not recall the last name of the woman whom Rowe introduced him to, and when he saw them walking together, Rowe was not helping her by the arm but they were walking hand-in-hand and the area where they were walking was not muddy.

    Not dancing

    The first time he saw Abrahams, said Daniel, he was at a table and he spent the entire time at the event with Rowe and had his own ginger ale and whiskey beverage. He was not dancing but there was music and he could not say he was privy to everything Rowe and the woman were talking about, but he overheard most of their conversation though the music was on.

    He did not go to the bathroom, but stood where he was the entire night, Daniel told the court.

    He said Rowe had been standing with the woman gyrating on him because that is how he dances – standing, not even shifting from one foot to the other.

    The witness said that he and Rowe became friends around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and at one point Rowe gave him money when he was short on change as he was that type of person.

    Daniel said he had expressed an interest in politics and told the court he did contract work for the Government which involved installing a septic tank.

    At the end of his evidence, the defence rested its case.

    Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis is the prosecutor and a jury of five women and four men has been empanelled to deliberate the matter. King’s Counsel Michael Lashley, and attorneys Safiya Moore, Sade Harris and Johnelle King, are appearing for Rowe.

    Source: Nation

  11. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Justice denied.

    Judge slams 18-year delay in murder case
    By Jenique Belgrave
    A High Court judge on Friday declared that the State had violated a murder accused’s constitutional right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time, and recommended that she should walk free of the almost 18-year-old charge.
    Justice Corlita Babb-Schaefer delivered the ruling just days before Haniyfa Reza White was due to go on trial for the May 14, 2007 murder of Julene Bryan, describing the prolonged delay as “unwarranted” and “unacceptable”.

  12. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Another shooting death.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/05/06/police-probe-murder-in-white-hill/

  13. David Avatar
    David

    Jurors deliberate in Neil Rowe rape trial

    written by Barbados Today  Updated by Dawne Parris 07/05/2025 0 min read   

    https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-2.23.40-PM-1-e1746642872671.jpeg

    Neil Rowe, flanked by lead counsel Michael Lashley and Sade Harris, entering the court on Wednesday.

    The jury has retired to deliberate on a verdict in the rape trial of Member of Parliament Neil Rowe.

    Following a three-hour summation by Justice Pamela Beckles in the No. 5 Supreme Court this morning, the nine jurors were sent to decide on the guilt or innocence of the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.

    Rowe is charged with raping a woman at his Kingsland, Christ Church residence on September 18, 2022.

  14. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    whoops there it is.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/05/07/neil-rowe-acquitted-of-rape/

  15. David Avatar
    David

    The verdict is no surprise for anyone who fallowed the case closely. It appears to be a case that was contrived but confirmed how well placed men operate generally in Barbados.

  16. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Since the burden of proof is with the State, based on what was presented, this was never going to be a guilty verdict, whether he did it or not.

    I truly have no idea.

  17. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    I remember a video making the rounds of a certain PM using some choice language about why she didn’t want Lashley to represent Rowe, seems like Rowe made the right choice.

    And ‘David” you are correct about anyone following the case knew that Rowe would be found not guilty, the burden of proof was in the hands of the prosecution and when the absence of DNA was revealed I remarked to a friend that it was all over.

  18. David Avatar
    David

    A waste of the court’s time by politicians and aspirants.

    To what end?

  19. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Now they threatening to go after the woman.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/05/08/rowes-lawyers-eye-legal-action-against-accuser/

  20. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Framed.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/05/08/rowe-i-was-framed/

  21. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Steupsss…
    All BB politics is about PR and gimmicks.

    First they ignorantly promise to solve every imagined probem, with the stroke of a pen, on being elected.
    ..then they contrive every available excuse for NOT BEING ABLE TO SOLVE one shiite.
    …Covid19
    …Volcanic ash
    …Freak storm (the cause of the STEAL houses)
    …High seas (from the hurricane that MISSED Barbados)
    …Donald Trumpf – for showing evabody how politicians REALLY think..
    …Bush Tea – for writing a lotta shiite on BU…

    ..and when things REALLY get bad, NEW elections are CONTRIVED (by promoting useless poppet MPs to lucrative OVERSEAS assignments, and injecting new mindless admirers of the Queen Bee – with their brand new excuses for incompetence.)

    Those ‘useless poppets’ who REFUSE to “tek de promotion and move” – may well find themselves facing serious challenges in court and otherwise…

    Meanwhile, the loyal and clueless brass bowls of Brassbados dutifully follow the PR program of incompetence, dishonesty, distraction and deceit…. like sheep..

    Just know that … when the REAL Jobby finally impacts the BIG fan,
    …there will be a NEW TUNE being sung….
    BY ALL AND SUNDRY…
    But much of it will be weeping and wailing….

  22. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    robbery

    https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/robbery-at-bridgetown-bank/

  23. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Scary.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/05/11/masked-men-escape-with-cash-firearm-in-brazen-bridgetown-robbery/

  24. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    no names.

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