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Sion Hill man fined for cocaine
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July 2, 2004
Arthur Lewis of Sion Hill was on Monday fined $750 when the Serious Offences Court found him guilty of cocaine possession. Police told the court that ...
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Cousins charged in carnival violence
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July 2, 2004
At least one national here will not be attending this year’s carnival celebrations, unless he breaches a court order. On Monday, the Serious Offence...
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Pompey jailed for gun, ammunition
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July 2, 2004
Two weeks after he was acquitted of a murder charge, twenty-nine year old Joshua Pompey of New Grounds was imprisoned for the same gun he used in the ...
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Appeal Court dismisses Griffith’s appeal
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June 25, 2004
The six month prison sentence imposed on thirty-two-year-old Desron Griffith of New Grounds for possession of 50 pounds of marijuana in February will ...
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Lauders man gets reduced sentence
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June 25, 2004
A Lauders man who was convicted last year for wounding his brother-in-law with intent was given a shorter sentence by the Appeal Court this week. Lenn...
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‘Bully’ gets appeal turned down
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June 25, 2004
Eckron ‘Bully’ Jacobs of Peruvian Vale had his appeal against conviction turned down Tuesday afternoon when the Court of Appeal failed to find fav...
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British citizen loses appeal
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June 25, 2004
British citizen, Jamaican national Wendell Lee, 43, will have to serve the 30 months sentence imposed by the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} Lee, a fo...
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Risto Benjie freed by Appeal Court
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June 25, 2004
The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St. Vincent freed Jamaican national Michael ‘Risto Benjie’ Benjamin from prison when it upheld hi...
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Jamaican singer abused?
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June 25, 2004
Jamaican reggae singer “Risto Benji,” who was imprisoned for cocaine possession here last November, is alleging brutality and a violation of his r...
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Sion Hill man wanted for deception
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June 18, 2004
Local police are searching for a young man from Sion Hill for questioning. Twenty-five year-old Alister Smith is wanted by the Criminal Investigations...
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Man jailed for manslaughter
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June 18, 2004
James Francois of Petit Bordel was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter before the High Court. Francois was init...
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Judge “fed up” with brutal killings
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June 18, 2004
A resident High Court Judge has expressed disgust with the senseless murders in this country. Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle voiced his views on Tuesday...
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Prosecutor denies defence’s accusation
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June 18, 2004
Serious Crimes Court prosecutor Sergeant Adolphus Delpesche has denied allegations made by lawyer Arthur Williams that local Coast Guard officers acte...
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Driver guilty of manslaughter
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June 18, 2004
Twenty-two year-old Kamara George of Lowmans Hill pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he appeared before the High Court on Monday charged with causing...
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Man acquitted of Christmas Eve killing
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June 18, 2004
Joshua Pompey, who was accused of the Christmas Eve shooting death of Wayde Durrant, was acquitted last Friday. His acquittal came after Justice Frede...
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Coast Guard intercept large drug shipment
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June 11, 2004
Three Vincentians and two Dominicans were arrested when the local Coast Guard last Saturday intercepted a foreign boat with a 200HP engine at Richmond...
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Bus conductor fined for cannabis
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June 11, 2004
A bus conductor of Edinboro has until the end of June to finish paying a drug-fine imposed on him by the Serious Offences Court. Leroy Robert Antoine ...
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Gomea man on bond for drugs
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June 11, 2004
Forty-five-year-old St. Clair Williams of Gomea will have to stay out of trouble for the next six months if he is to avoid activating a bond imposed b...
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Police arrest EHSM student
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June 11, 2004
An 18-year-old third-form student of Emmanuel High School Mesopotamia (EHSM) was last Friday arrested and charged by Mesopotamia police for drug posse...
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Indian Bay man freed of cocaine charge
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June 11, 2004
Shadiq Shallow of Indian Bay walked out of the Serious Offences Court a free man on Tuesday after Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman upheld a no-case su...
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Man gets five years for burglary
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June 4, 2004
A man who burglarised a Cane Garden residence has been imprisoned by the High Court. The court imposed a five-year sentence on Julian Lewis when he pl...
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Woman and male accomplice jailed
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June 4, 2004
A woman and her male accomplice have been jailed for robbing a cashier at a store. Caswell Weekes of Richland Park and Valcina Ollivierre of Arnos Val...
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Two Arnos Vale men on robbery charge
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June 4, 2004
Two men from the Arnos Vale area are expected to reappear before Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman on June 21 this year on a joint robbery charge. Bria...
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Four convicted for burglary
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June 4, 2004
Four men from Barrouallie were convicted for burglary on Tuesday as the June sitting of the criminal assizes got underway before the High Court. Leona...
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Lokeisha’s murder case adjourned
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June 4, 2004
The start of the Lokeisha Nanton Murder trial has been delayed. The case had been listed for the June sitting of the criminal assizes, but, during the...
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Chief Magistrate commends Police
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May 28, 2004
The Narcotics Division of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force and court prosecutor, Sergeant Adolphus Delpesche have been commended ...
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Man gets nine months for marijuana
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May 28, 2004
A man who was sentenced to six months for controlled drugs in April has been given an additional nine months on another drug charge. Patrick Nero, who...
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Two Calliaqua men convicted for ganja
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May 28, 2004
Two men from Calliaqua were convicted for possessing 21,792 grammes (48 pounds) of marijuana with intent to supply when they appeared before the Serio...
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Union Island man on unlawful possession charge
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May 28, 2004
Desmond James of Union Island is expected to reappear before the Serious Crime Court on June 24, this year, to answer a charge of unlawful possession ...
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No bomb hearing yet
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May 21, 2004
The preliminary inquiry into the planting of an explosive device in a businessman’s vehicle is yet to get off to a start. The inquiry, which was pre...
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ASP Walker says thanks
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May 21, 2004
Retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Vincent Walker has expressed deep gratitude to Almighty God, his wife and colleagues for guidance and prot...
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3 for attempted murder trial
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May 21, 2004
The Serious OffenceSS Court last week committed a Vincentian labourer, an Indian cook and a Trinidadian technician to stand trial for allegedly attemp...
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Five murder accused to know fate soon
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May 21, 2004
Five young men from the Rillan Hill and Chauncey areas will have to wait until June 7, to know whether they will be committed to stand trial for murde...
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Top CID officers retire from force
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May 21, 2004
Scores of police officers and civilians gathered at the main office of the Criminal Investigations Department last Friday night to pay tribute to two ...
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Man on gun charge
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May 14, 2004
Police have arrested and charged an elderly man with firearm and ammunition offences. Sixty-three year-old Clive Lewis, a truck driver of Calder, was ...
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Guard facing charge
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May 14, 2004
A thirty-one year-old security guard of Bequia was hauled before the Serious Offences Court on mainland, St. Vincent on Monday to answer a charge of b...
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Youngster on bail for burglary
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May 14, 2004
Twenty-one year-old Nigel Jones of Frenches has been charged for burglarising a business place at Arnos Vale. Jones is accused of entering D & J Renta...
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St. Lucian sentenced to jail for marijuana
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May 14, 2004
Yet another St. Lucian drug trader has been committed to a St. Vincent prison. Last Monday, twenty-two year old Sedric Constantine of Dadeth, St. Luci...
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School teacher on wounding charge
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May 14, 2004
Twenty-three year-old Junior Jack of Lodge Village appeared before the Serious Offences Court on a wounding charge on Monday. Jack, a teacher at the S...
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Woman caught with cocaine inside her body
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May 7, 2004
Forty-five-year-old Catherine Richardson of Murray’s Village has been jailed for eight months. She was hauled before the Serious Offences Court for ...
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British visitor freed of cocaine charge
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May 7, 2004
The Serious OffenceS Court acquitted a British visitor on Tuesday when the prosecution withdrew a cocaine charge against her. After two months on rema...
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Inquiry into attempted
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May 7, 2004
Preliminary inquiries into an aggravated burglary and attempt to murder businessman Vicky Rajani started before the Serious Offences Court Wednesday m...
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Student ordered to compensate victim
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April 30, 2004
A 15-year-old secondary school student of Paul’s Avenue has until May 14, this year, to compensate a young man he wounded on June 22, last year. The...