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 ...
From the Courts
February 13, 2018
Less than a week after one jailbird flew free, he nearly found himself behind bars again. Rico Anderson, 32 years of age, was brought before the Kings...
From the Courts
February 13, 2018
One 32-year-oldâs party weekend was cut short by the police, replaced with a trip to the court, and ended with him going back to work the next day. ...
From the Courts
February 13, 2018
A young man has been committed to stand trial for murder at the High Court, after the Chief Magistrate determined there was enough evidence for the ca...
From the Courts
February 9, 2018
Gregory Decaul, a Campden Park resident, is calling on law enforcement to look into threats being made against his life. Decaul said since his release...
From the Courts
February 9, 2018
A Pastor and his family, charged with burning a Prospect man with hot water, will have to wait until April 9 to see if their tears and story will have...
From the Courts
February 9, 2018
Alone, pregnant and afraid, she used her boyfriendâs car to get home, and so the court decided to reprimand her. Osika Davy of Clare Valley was caug...
From the Courts
February 6, 2018
Two young men pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of illegal ammunition and one firearm, yesterday at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court. DeSh...
From the Courts
February 2, 2018
An oversight in the process of bringing evidence before the court has caused a case of illegal possession of ammunition to go down the drain. Anthony ...
From the Courts
January 30, 2018
A man who had no witness to support a charge of slander he brought against a Colonarie resident feels that he did not receive justice when his case wa...
From the Courts
January 30, 2018
The Mother of the four children recently entrapped in a burning house was slapped with two counts of abandonment yesterday. Twenty-eight-year-old New ...
From the Courts
January 30, 2018
On the first day of the first criminal assizes of 2018, four persons on murder charges were arraigned. Martin âJahsonâ James and Ricardo âShrekâ...
From the Courts
January 23, 2018
First trying to enter as a trespasser and now entering as a legitimate occupant, an Edinboro youth will spend the next five months in prison. Eric Bob...
From the Courts
January 23, 2018
The recent raid of the home of a Georgetown farmer allegedly revealed a number of illegal items being kept on the property, including a large stash of...
From the Courts
January 23, 2018
A 20-year-old from Rockies, charged with attempted murder, has been remanded in custody. Yesterday, at the Serious Offences Court, Tevin Williams, a l...
From the Courts
January 19, 2018
Veteran con artist Alister âTombstoneâ Smith has had four months shaved off one of his sentences, because of a lack of transparency in his previou...
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A three-member delegation represented St Vincent and the Grenadines at a recently concluded high-level workshop hosted by the Global Water Partnership...
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