From the Courts
May 18, 2018
By drifting away to Guadeloupe, an old Montrose resident has landed himself in troubled waters, his bail being revoked for a charge of causing death b...
From the Courts
May 18, 2018
The 33-year-old Biabou man who was charged with burning his ex-girlfriend to death last year is to be sent to the High Court to stand trial.This was d...
From the Courts
May 15, 2018
No one was available to bail a woman who was charged for the second time with burning down her family’s home when she came before the Serious Offences...
From the Courts
May 15, 2018
While the prosecution’s case seeks to place a burglary accused under the lights of a Belair house on December 24 last year, he contends he was under p...
From the Courts
May 10, 2018
The preliminary inquiry into an attempted murder charge laid against a common-law couple will start at the end of this month. Gailene Farrell, 53, and...
From the Courts
May 8, 2018
From mangoes to bananas, and possibly five fingers, one man’s fruit thievery has been halted by the court. Alwin Westfield of Rose Place, was charged ...
From the Courts
May 8, 2018
A verbose young defendant tried his best to use words to get a light penalty for the indecent use of other words towards a prosecutor when he came bef...
From the Courts
May 8, 2018
“Thank you very much for charging me with less,” said a self-proclaimed honest man who claimed to be charged with different weed, and less weed than h...
From the Courts
May 1, 2018
IN AN UNUSUAL turn of events, the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court saw a man being brought before it last Friday, for behaviour caused by his state of com...
From the Courts
May 1, 2018
THE RELATIVES OF a man who was killed by police at Gibson Corner on Tuesday April 17 say they do not believe the story that was given to them by law e...
From the Courts
April 27, 2018
A DEEPER EXAMINATION into the mind of a 48-yearold accused, on Tuesday, revealed something sinister lying in the shadows, prompting the Magistrate to ...
From the Courts
April 27, 2018
ONE MANWAS ORDERED to pay for his animalistic behaviour, in delivering three chops to his longtime friend over a disagreement about his dog, at the en...
From the Courts
April 27, 2018
NEARLY THREE MONTHS after he was shot trespassing on the grounds of the Beachcombers Hotel, ‘King Kong’ limped in to court this Wednesday, alongside h...
From the Courts
April 27, 2018
ONE TEENAGER was saved by the bell last Friday as the court debated whether prison or school was the place to send him this week. Douglas Baptiste was...
From the Courts, Searchlight
April 24, 2018
THE BOND BETWEEN two childhood friends withered last Sunday, after one smashed a flower pot on the head of the other. Kwesi Gurley appeared before the...
From the Courts
April 20, 2018
“NEVER HEARD of the sniffer dogs them?” one defendant was asked after he was nabbed for weed in Pine Hill juice boxes at the Wharf. Zwenford Jackson, ...
From the Courts, Searchlight
April 20, 2018
THE CORPORAL IN charge of investigating over 90 charges of fraud, has been lauded by the prosecution as having done a ‘tremendous’ job. Tedroy McRee, ...
From the Courts, Searchlight
April 20, 2018
ONE MAN LEARNT of the very real consequences of using fake money to buy alcohol and cigarettes, as he was sentenced to spend nine months in prison. Ch...
From the Courts
March 29, 2018
After almost seven years on remand at Her Majestyâs Prison (HMP), a man accused of murdering two persons and attempting to murder several others, am...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
A 38-year-old man, with 33 previous convictions â three for burglary, was sent toâprison for eight months by magistrate Bertie Pompey at the Georg...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
The Chief Magistrate has expressed her displeasure at adjournments for cases because of procedural oversights, asking that the crown âfollow upâ p...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
A man who beat the mother of his daughter with a stick has been fined, ordered to pay compensation and placed on bond. Etian John of Greiggs appeared ...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
The keen eye of one police officer, which picked out a suspicious man and a suspicious bulge, has resulted in a conviction for an illegal gun and ammu...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
Bail in the sum of $30,000 was granted on Tuesday to two of three defendants accused of conspiring to murder a 25-year-old Redemption Sharpes man. The...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
A 41-year-old man, previously unknown to the court, has managed to rack up three charges and one conviction, all occurring in less than a month. Kiron...
From the Courts
March 23, 2018
Bernard Chance displayed mixed emotions in court on Tuesday, at one point crying while giving evidence and, in another instance, displaying behaviour ...
From the Courts
March 20, 2018
A security guard attached to the popular hair store Diamond Girl, told the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court on Monday that being sent to prison would no...
From the Courts
March 20, 2018
Reports are that investigations have closed in relation to the three accused charged with conspiracy to murder Collrise Pompey, and it remains to be s...
From the Courts
March 20, 2018
It will be two weeks today since one Clayton Caine escaped the clutches of the police assigned with delivering him to court and the Chief Magistrate h...
From the Courts
March 16, 2018
The persistence of one man after he was relieved of his diving equipment at Indian Bay ensured that those who stole from him were brought to justice. ...
From the Courts
March 16, 2018
A Bequia resident was arrested in Kingstown last Friday, with allegedly over 1,000 grams of cocaine in his possession. Thirty-four-year-old Deron Haze...
From the Courts
March 16, 2018
A teenager on an attempted murder charge will reappear before the Serious Offences Court today to revisit the question of bail. Kesean Caine, 18 years...
From the Courts
March 9, 2018
The mother of a student of the Intermediate High School may not have landed before the court had she obeyed school policy when she went to the school ...
From the Courts
March 6, 2018
A third form student of a rural secondary school has been reprimanded by the court and ordered to perform community services. The Colonarie Magistrate...
From the Courts
March 6, 2018
The two men alleged to have scammed funds from the Governmentâs âPoor Reliefâ programme have been granted bail in the sum of $30,000 after havin...
From the Courts
March 2, 2018
A farmer of Lowmans Leeward was expected to appear at the Family Court yesterday, after being arrested and charged with abusing a child. Thotelyn Wils...
From the Courts
March 2, 2018
A farmer who last week pleaded guilty to stealing two ewe goats has changed his plea to not guilty. When 68-year-old Carl Young re-appeared before the...
From the Courts
March 2, 2018
Terry Gibson, 58, a butcher of Dauphine, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of dishonestly receiving stolen goods. The well-known businessman was arre...
From the Courts
February 27, 2018
One mother cried in court last week as her son faces the possibility of jail at 16 years old, saying, âIt hurts my heart to know that my son would d...
From the Courts
February 23, 2018
Alleged poor relief scammers have been laden with more charges, the number now approaching 40. On February 12, Learie Johnson and Derville Thomas were...
From the Courts
February 23, 2018
Two 23-year-olds will await their trial for gun and conspiracy charges in prison. Bennisha âBenâ Baptiste, a young woman of Ottley Hall, and Lara ...
From the Courts
February 16, 2018
A love triangle, having become too heated, landed the two female participants in court. The male participant was also in court, but to provide support...
From the Courts
February 16, 2018
A Campden Park man, charged with striking a journalist in the face with a plastic bag, has been ordered to pay him compensation of $500. Danroy Small ...
News
October 10, 2025
Gabriel ‘Webb’ Smart informed the Cabinet on Wednesday, October, 1 2025, that he does not want a full time job with the Ministry of Agriculture. He re...
News
October 10, 2025
Criminals attempting to move between the four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries that from this month began allowing the unrestricted movement of...
News
October 10, 2025
For the first time, the Division of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGC), has recor...
From the Courts, News
October 10, 2025
A Largo Height man was ordered to compensate his sister $2,500 after he smashed her washing machine because the noise bothered him. Kenton Harris appe...
News
October 10, 2025
Seventy-five young Vincentian farmers are receiving training courses in smart agricultural techniques through the Embassy of the Republic of China on ...
