Supreme Court begins new session Jan. 16

While crime sometimes seems to be rampant, the upcoming January sitting of the Supreme Court will have a slightly more relaxed workload. The Court is expected to hear forty-three cases including fourteen murders, six attempted murders, four rapes and five carnal knowledge cases, as well as some involving arson, incest, robbery and theft. Although the Court will be hearing non-capital offences first, two high profile cases slated for later in the month are the as yet unserved murder charge laid against Chay Ben Bou-Nahra and the fate of two teenage boys charged for the brutal slaying of a housewife in Lord’s Bank Village. The Court’s January session will commence with the formal opening of the Central Division on Tuesday, January sixteenth.