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'VYBZ Kartel' yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court along with a co-accused who pleaded guilty to the charge. The co-accused, Alicia Jackson, was fined $500 or 30 days for the ganja which amounted to 4.3 ounces. She shortly after paid the fine and was released. In light of Jackson's guilty plea, Michael Deans — one of Kartel's attorneys who appeared with Chris Tavares-Finson — requested […]

FOR a second consecutive day, an expected preliminary court appearance for entertainer Vybz Kartel was put off, angering lead attorney Tom Tavares-Finson who levied criticism against the police for what he said was bungling on their part. Kartel was arrested last week Friday at a hotel in New Kingston and charged on Monday evening with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm. The police subsequently said that Kartel would make his first appearance in the Gun Court […]

THE murder and gun possession preliminary hearing for dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel, failed to come before a magistrate for the second successive day as the case file is still incomplete. The artiste was arrested last Friday at a hotel in New Kingston when cops from the Flying Squad swooped down on a room occupied by the deejay and three other persons. A small quantity of ganja was found and all four were arrested and charged for ganja possession. Police later […]