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KIDD LANE TERROR - Mom grieves for daughter who begged for help as triple murder rocks St Andrew community, forces residents to flee The frantic voice of her daughter pleading for help over the telephone moments before she was killed will forever haunt Natasha Hall. Hall’s daughter, 30-year-old Lashane Ellis, and her one-year-old grandson, Kaheel Daley, were killed on Friday night when armed men went to their home on Kidd Lane, off Spanish Town Road in St Andrew, opened fire and set the house ablaze. Before fleeing, the gunmen reportedly opened fire on a neighbouring house, killing 39-year-old Kimeisha Gibson.
Californian cannabis on Customs radar A worrying trend involving the illegal importation of Californian cannabis into Jamaica is being reported by the recently appointed head of the Jamaica Customs Agency. Kirk Benjamin, chief executive officer (CEO) of Jamaica Customs, told The Sunday Gleaner that the particular strain of marijuana being shipped to Jamaica has a higher tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level than locally grown cannabis. THC is the primary psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant.
‘Downright robbery’ - Customs boss claims some courier companies including ‘customs fees’ in customer charges even when costs not imposed by state agency The practice by some courier companies of covertly imposing charges on customers and attributing them to customs fees when no such costs have been levied by the Jamaica Customs Agency is being described as “downright robbery”. Arguing that many courier companies were “abusing” the system, Kirk Benjamin, chief executive officer of Jamaica Customs, said the agency’s customer service team has had to spend an inordinate amount of time each day responding to complaints and queries about courier companies.
COSTLY WAIT - 15-month delay for trial transcript derails Crown’s sentence appeal for missionaries’ killer A 15-month transcript delay has cost the Crown its chance to challenge the 26-year minimum term before parole imposed on Andre Thomas for the 2016 killing of two American missionaries in St Mary. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that the Crown’s appeal against the sentence was statute-barred because it was not heard within the 12 months prescribed by law. The court also rejected a subsequent attempt by the prosecution to revive the matter by filing a renewed application for leave to appeal.
Chuck: Ministries dragging feet on updating archaic fines Several government ministries have not yet submitted lists of offences with “absolutely ridiculous” monetary fines that fall under their purview, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has disclosed. The revelation comes years after the Government, through the justice ministry, began legislative reforms targeting nearly 700 mostly archaic laws with outdated monetary fines that have not been adjusted for decades.