Judge signals tougher firearm sentences

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Jenique BelgraveJournalist at Barbados Today

September 10, 2026

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People convicted of firearm-related offences in Barbados may no longer be able to avoid prison through the payment of fines if gun crime does not decline, High Court Judge Justice Pamela Beckles has warned.

She said: “Going forward you all are hardly going to get fines for firearm offences. That is the reality of it. If the situation doesn’t turn around in Barbados, these are going to become things of the past.”

But the judge expressed her desire to see fines remain an option in certain cases.

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