From the Courts
September 13, 2019
AN APPEAL has been filed contending that the imposition of a suspended sentence was unduly lenient in the face of the circumstances surrounding the in...
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September 13, 2019
A case which involved four defamation charges laid under section 19 of the Cyber Crime Act (2016) has been withdrawn following a request from the comp...
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September 13, 2019
Because she believed an 18-year-old to have been pressured into taking the rap for possession of 28 pounds of cannabis, the Chief Magistrate chose not...
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September 13, 2019
Desmond Horne, a man who on August 13 told the Kingstown Magistrate Court that he was still in love with a woman who had wounded him, says this is no ...
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September 13, 2019
A 39-year-old New Montrose man has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting his mother. Andre ‘Dog’ Bushey was charged at the Serious Offenc...
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September 13, 2019
The matters filed by two gay men who have challenged St Vincent and the Grenadines’ buggery and gross indecency laws will be heard in open court next ...
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September 13, 2019
A New Grounds/ Glen man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for indecently assaulting a 10-year-old girl. Francis Jackson, who does not kno...
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September 10, 2019
A 36-year-old has been slapped with four charges following the shooting of a 52-year-old woman in her right leg with a shotgun. Accused Lesroy Richard...
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September 6, 2019
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for nine months after he pursued and cursed a 14-year-old girl, and even threw stones at her. The Senior Prosecutor ...
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September 3, 2019
A Rose Place man accused of stealing money from a Paul’s Avenue resident ended up nonchalantly claiming in court yesterday that the Paul’s Avenue resi...
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September 3, 2019
After being convicted for the criminal assault and threatening of a man who uses a wheelchair, the disgruntled Paul Over tenant responsible for the cr...
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September 3, 2019
A wandering teenager, charged with armed robbery and wounding, will not be released on bail unless a surety keeps him in their custody. Labourer, 17-y...
From the Courts
August 30, 2019
For the second time in one year, Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett has been temporarily elevated to be an Acting Master of the High Court. The Senior M...
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August 30, 2019
A 27-year-old from Belair accused of stabbing a vendor and puncturing his lung has been remanded because of the possibility that his charge may be upg...
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August 23, 2019
A 26-YEAR-OLD of Brighton has been charged with the murder of a 41-year-old Diamond resident, who was shot to death in his vehicle last week Friday. K...
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August 23, 2019
Three young men on aggravated burglary and armed robbery charges have been remanded as the police try to crack down on an upsurge of these crimes in t...
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August 20, 2019
The impact was heavy for a young Bequia resident who crashed into a three-month jail sentence after doing stunts on a motorcycle while being disqualif...
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August 20, 2019
The Senior Magistrate has advised a 23-year-old woman convicted for assault that she should take a look at her attitude before going into the Navy. Ye...
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August 20, 2019
A 54-year-old chauffeur has been charged with causing the death of labourer Glenroy ‘Greggry’ Charles, who died on the spot after being hit by a vehic...
From the Courts
August 16, 2019
“For just simple $850,” as he calls it, a security guard working at the St Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC), who stole from one of the employees,...
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August 16, 2019
A “trigger happy” teen chose to celebrate his 19th birthday with a gun, clown mask, screwdriver, tam and long sleeved black t-shirt last Friday, in an...
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August 16, 2019
“Respect the season, and give the animals a chance,” was the message from the Forestry Department this week at the sentencing of two men nabbed with f...
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August 16, 2019
After he told the magistrate to jail his 51-year-old ex-girlfriend, a 45-year-old man explained, “I still love her, I don’t fraid to say so, but, to g...
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August 13, 2019
“You have embarrassed yourself and your children” the Senior Magistrate told an employee of Coreas Distribution Ltd., convicted for stealing items fro...
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August 13, 2019
A 19-year-old of Pole Yard has been charged with the armed robbery and attempted robbery of two medical students from the United States who reside at ...
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August 13, 2019
Last Friday, the court struggled to decide how to sentence an unlicensed 18-year-old driver who knocked a 45-year-old man’s arm and sent him to the ho...
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August 13, 2019
A man accused of wounding and assault, who was sent to the Mental Health Centre in 2017, returned to court last Friday without a medical report having...
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August 9, 2019
Justice Brian Cottle has commented that he hopes there will be no more approaching of jurors, following the seriousness with which a recent case invol...
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August 9, 2019
A 38-year-old man will spend nine years and nine months more in jail, for gunning down his archenemy with an illegal gun during a Boxing Day party in ...
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August 9, 2019
A teenager has been charged with criminal assault after allegedly pointing a gun at a businessman. According to a police report, Ronaldo Cato, a 19-ye...
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August 9, 2019
Three men who allegedly robbed a resident of Diamond of a cellular phone are being sought by the police. A police report said the men, who were masked...
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August 9, 2019
Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old warehouse keeper of Lowmans Windward with the offence of Aggravated Burglary and Rape on July 1, 2019. ...
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August 6, 2019
“This court must emphasize that women are not chattels. Violence towards them is never to be condoned or excused.” Justice Brian Cottle made this clea...
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August 6, 2019
For discharging a gun in the middle of a party, and hitting an innocent bystander with two of the bullets, a Rose Hall man has been sentenced to a 15 ...
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August 6, 2019
For breaking into a jewellery store and taking $50,000 worth of jewellery, of which the police have only recovered a single gold bangle, a Kingstown r...
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August 6, 2019
The Jamaican accused of trying to export 30 pounds of Marijuana by airplane, has succeeded in securing bail at the High Court. Last Friday, August 2, ...
From the Courts
August 2, 2019
A plan to export, by air, 30 pounds of cannabis to Barbados was nipped in the bud last Sunday, but the Jamaican accused of the crime has maintained hi...
From the Courts
August 2, 2019
A 23-year-old has been charged for last Saturday’s stabbing murder of a 36-year-old labourer from Mahoe, Campden Park. Jason Isaacs, also of Mahoe was...
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August 2, 2019
DNA tests helped convict a man for the prolonged rape and degradation of a pregnant woman, and he has now been sentenced to 25 years in jail. It is sa...
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July 26, 2019
A murder charge has been laid against the spear gun wielder who allegedly ended the life of 35-year-old Philson King, by shooting him in the face. An ...
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July 23, 2019
For his second time breaking into a woman’s house, and throwing multiple stabs, a Rillan Hill resident has received a sentence of 20 years in prison. ...
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July 23, 2019
An employee of the Ministry of Agriculture has been charged with stealing over $1500 from the Government. When she appeared before the Kingstown Magis...
From the Courts
July 16, 2019
Dominican born Christine “Lynn” Dublin, was sentenced last week to six years incarceration for stabbing her former lover over 19 times with an ice pic...
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The Ambassador of Ireland to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Geraldine Byrne Nason, presented her Letters of Credence to Governor General, Dame Susan D...
