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Magistrate warns teen about smoking marijuana
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July 7, 2017
A teenager of Byera has been warned that marijuana is not good for him. On Monday, July 3, shortly after 17-year-old Javon Thomas pleaded guilty to po...
Six charges against  police officer withdrawn
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July 7, 2017
A police officer who had been charged with 22 counts of deception has had six of those charges withdrawn. The charges against Elron Lewis, who is alle...
NDP’s election petitions to proceed to trial
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July 4, 2017
Although the recognizances provided in the New Democratic Party (NDP) election petitions were insufficient, the petitions themselves are not invalid; ...
Vincentian among four on drug charges
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June 30, 2017
Rose Place resident Sydney Norville has been charged with drug trafficking and possession of over 100 pounds of marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda. On T...
PSU takes PSC to court over unfair promotions
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June 27, 2017
The Public Service Union (PSU) has taken the Public Service Commission (PSC) to court, over what they consider to be unfair promotions within the publ...
Long Wall man jailed for theft
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June 23, 2017
Two years and five months was the prison sentence handed down to a Long Wall man who admitted to stealing over $62,000 in cash and goods from two busi...
Grenadian remanded
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June 23, 2017
A Grenadian national was on Monday remanded in police custody after being slapped with three immigration charges. When Dwayne Sylvester appeared befor...
Three charges dismissed
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June 23, 2017
Arnos Vale resident Carlos Lewis no longer has to worry about the robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder charges laid against him on March 2, 2017. ...
‘Jacket’ faces additional charge
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June 23, 2017
As if being slapped with three murder charges were not enough, Schemel “Jacket” Dunbar now faces an additional charge. The Rillan Hill man is char...
Union Island man charged with wounding villager
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June 23, 2017
A Union Island man has found himself back before a court law, 14 months after a murder charge against him was dismessed. On Monday, Kemroy Craigg appe...
Something came over me, says alleged wife killer
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June 16, 2017
British Virgin Islands (BVI) Director of Public Prosecutions Kim Hollis has told the court that, during a police interview, Lennox Da Silva ‘clearly...
Vermont woman slapped with four drug charges
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June 13, 2017
A Vermont woman was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $3,500 after being slapped with four drug possession charges. Jolette Indirah Laborde, 31, st...
Accused armed robber granted bail
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June 9, 2017
A Fitz-Hughes man has been granted bail in the sum of $15,000, while he faces four charges in relation to armed robbery of Euro 3,490 that occurred ea...
High Court trial for teen accused of murder
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June 9, 2017
Sandy Bay teen Jurani ‘Wanny’ Baptiste, was last Friday, June 2, committed to stand trial at the High Court for the November 14, 2016 murder of re...
Woman to stand trial for 2015 murder
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June 9, 2017
Murder accused Ava Charles was ordered to stand trial at the next sitting of the High Court, for the December 12, 2015 murder of Josmond “Crab” Ch...
Special witness to testify at Greaves PI
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June 2, 2017
A special witness is expected to testify in three weeks when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Sharleen Greaves continues. Veron Primus,...
Ottley Hall man jailed for five years
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May 23, 2017
A five-year prison sentence was handed, yesterday, to Ottley Hall resident Karon “Twin” Bowens, after he was found guilty of having a firearm and ...
Man makes inappropriate outburst in court
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May 19, 2017
A lawyer here has expressed disgust over the outburst of a man during a sitting of the Serious Offences Court last Wednesday. Defence lawyer Grant Con...
‘Crab’ murder PI commences
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May 19, 2017
Nine persons, including a crucial eyewitness, testified on Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court, as a preliminary inquiry (PI) into the December 12, ...
Police presence to be increased in Ottley Hall
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May 19, 2017
After two recent Ottley Hall murders in just one month, the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is strengthening its presence in...
Gunmen open firearm accused
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May 19, 2017
Stories by: Ari Shaw Collin “Cocoa” David, a man who has been on the wrong side of the law for the past eight years, barely escaped with his life ...
Vincentian men still in custody in BVI
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May 16, 2017
Boat captain Lee Martin and Mitchell Warren, who are charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of explosives in the British Virgin...
Duo charged with  possession of illegal firearm
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May 12, 2017
Two men who were allegedly found with a firearm in a vehicle on the leeward side of the island last Monday night have been granted $12,000 bail each. ...
Additional time added to con artist’s sentence
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May 12, 2017
Two years have been added to to run concurrently with the eight-year sentence that career con artist Alister “Tombstone” Smith is now serving for ...
‘Scammie’ to answer 2015 murder charge
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May 12, 2017
Denzil “Scammie” Sam, who has been held for the 2015 murder of Dexter ‘Captain’ Rodney, will answer the charge at the next sitting of criminal...