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Over $6,000 worth of items stolen from church
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June 29, 2018
Someone stole alcohol and more than $6,000 worth of items from a church, but the two men brought before court said it wasn’t them. Jamello Williams an...
Man lands in prison for stealing from roommate
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June 22, 2018
Roommate troubles found their way into the court this week, having reached criminal levels. Nimrod Walters, the defendant, a 52-year-old man, had been...
Court places ban on Petit Bordel woman
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May 29, 2018
Petit Bordel is now a smaller place for Margaret ‘Old Girl’ Smith, who has been ordered to have no contact with a fellow villager, whom she allegedly ...
No one turns up to bail woman accused of arson
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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...
Banana thief sent to jail for three months
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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 ...
Union Island man says weed in Court not his
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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...
Man blames excitement for theft at supermarket
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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...
Mother claims that police executed her son
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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...
Man inflicts chop wounds on childhood friend
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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...
‘King Kong’ to spend six months behind bars
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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...
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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...
Man faces 90 charges of fraud
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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, ...
Man sentenced to total of 114 years in prison
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March 29, 2018
After almost seven years on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), a man accused of murdering two persons and attempting to murder several others, am...
Georgetown man gets eight months for theft
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March 23, 2018
A 38-year-old man, with 33 previous convictions – three for burglary, was sent to prison for eight months by magistrate Bertie Pompey at the Georg...
Chief Magistrate chides crown follow-up procedure
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March 23, 2018
The Chief Magistrate has expressed her displeasure at adjournments for cases because of procedural oversights, asking that the crown ‘follow up’ p...
Man beats mother in front of daughter
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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 ...