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Teen jailed for six years on robbery charge
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December 3, 2019
History is repeating itself for 19-year-old Raheem DaSilva, who was taken away by the state when he was a child, and now he is being taken away again,...
Murder charge withdrawn
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November 8, 2019
The charge of murder laid against a Diamond resident in relation to last December’s shooting of a 38-year-old labourer has been withdrawn. Last Wednes...
Lodge Village youth found guilty of robbery
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November 5, 2019
Last year a man waiting in his car for his girlfriend was robbed of his cash at what he thought was gun point, and last Friday, a Lodge Village youth ...
$40,000 bail for  cannabis charges
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November 5, 2019
A 23-year-old is now facing three charges alleging she tried to export 36 pounds of cannabis through the Argyle International Airport(AIA) last week W...
Juror fined for no-show at Court
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October 25, 2019
Although three jurors were absent without excuse at the beginning of the High Court session on Monday, only one ended up with a fine. A trial was supp...
Man claims he was taking stolen sheep to town
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October 18, 2019
A farmer’s entire ewe goat population was stuffed into one man’s trunk and stolen last weekend, a crime for which the perpetrator has ended up with a ...
Security guard charged with Burglary, wounding
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October 15, 2019
A security guard has been charged with entering the home of another, carrying with him a cutlass and unlawfully and maliciously wounding the homeowner...
Roseau resident jailed for five months
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October 11, 2019
Although the victim in a domestic violence case did not want her knife wielding former boyfriend to go to jail, the court decided that his bully tacti...
Home owner pulls gun on intruder in his home
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October 11, 2019
A home owner on Bequia drew his licensed firearm before calling the police for a young man who admitted to trespassing into his house and hiding under...
Queensbury youth to pay $400 for stealing goat
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October 11, 2019
A Queensbury youth on a charge of theft claimed that drunkeness made him take the long rope attached to a goat and walk away with it. This “explanatio...
Rats in the police exhibit room
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October 4, 2019
There are rats in the police exhibit room, a fact which came to light this Monday after an officer under cross examination admitted that an envelope c...
Man to pay $60 for a Breda fowl he cooked
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October 4, 2019
The court ordered a Dubois man to pay compensation of $60 for a Breda fowl after he cooked it without his family member’s permission and didn’t save h...
Man found guilty of death by dangerous driving
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October 1, 2019
A 54-year-old has been sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for his actions in falling asleep at the wheel, and causing fatal injuries to a man sl...