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Campden Park murder accused to return to court
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April 4, 2017
Coswell Simmons, a 25-year-old Campden Park resident, will remain in police custody for the next four months, while investigations into the murder of ...
Vincentian jailed in Grenada
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March 31, 2017
Vincentian national Raphael Robertson was sentenced to six months in a Grenadian prison, which would be followed by deportation. Reports are that Robe...
St Lucian men charged with having 121 ATM cards
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March 31, 2017
Two St Lucian nationals who were persons of interest in a matter involving fraudulent activities at Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) here have been ch...
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March 28, 2017
A 20-year-old who works at a business place in Kingstown is counting his blessings after a drug charge against him was withdrawn yesterday. Members of...
Prisoner threatens to kill ‘in style’
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March 28, 2017
When Dennis Richardson was denied bail yesterday at the Serious Offences Court, he made his displeasure clear with a series of outbursts that included...
St Lucian to face more charges
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March 28, 2017
More charges are to be laid against St Lucian national Jammy Jameson Harry, who currently faces nine counts of theft. Yesterday at the Serious Offence...
Catholic Bishop pleads not guilty to assault
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March 28, 2017
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Barbados, Bishop Jason Gordon, was last Friday granted $3,000 bail, after pleading not guilty to assaulting J...
Hillocks freed of firearm charges
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March 28, 2017
Monty Hillocks, a 36-year-old chauffeur of Belmont, yesterday walked freem from the Serious Offences Court when firearm charges against him were disco...
PI into teen’s murder charge adjourned
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March 28, 2017
The case file pertaining to the murder of Pamela Williams is making its way to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions after being stuck at ...
Victoria Village resident jailed for gun, ammo
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March 21, 2017
The dreams of a steel bender from Victoria Village to become a police officer were thrown out the window yesterday, when he was sentenced to five year...
Grenadian man remanded for drugs
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March 17, 2017
A Grenadian man was on Monday remanded into police custody for an additional two weeks, after he pleaded not guilty to having 174 pounds of cannabis i...
16-year-old youth charged for gun, ammo
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March 17, 2017
A social inquiry report on a 16-year-old Vermont youth is on the way after he pleaded guilty to a gun and ammunition charge. Prosecutor Elgin Richards...
Prisoner charged with attacking inmate
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March 7, 2017
Another charge has been laid against a Belmont man who is currently remanded at Her Majesty’s Prison. Jelani John, although facing a charge for assa...
$1,500 fine for one pound of weed
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March 7, 2017
An Arnos Vale man was fined EC$1,500 yesterday after being found with a pound of cannabis. When he appeared before the Serious Offences Court, Aleyson...
Arnos Vale man gets 5 years for gun, bullets
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March 3, 2017
A five-year prison sentence was handed down to Arnos Vale resident Carlos Lewis last Monday, February 27, after he was found guilty of having a firear...
New Montrose man on wrong side of law again
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February 28, 2017
New Montrose man Kirth Stapleton has been granted bail in the sum of EC$30,000 after he had another run-in with the law. Yesterday at the Serious Offe...
PI into Randy Lawrence  death to begin on June 1
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February 28, 2017
The next court date for public relations consultant and freelance journalist Junior Jarvis is June 1, 2017 – the date on which a Preliminary Inquiry...
Man accused of  robbery turns himself in
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February 21, 2017
An Edinboro man was yesterday granted bail in the sum of EC$5,000, after being charged with robbing a man more than $1,000 in local and US currency an...
Two months added to Owia man’s jail term
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February 10, 2017
Two months have been added to the 10-month sentence Owia resident Carlos Baptiste received earlier this year. On January 16, 2017, Baptiste was found ...
Jailed farmer cleared of shooting charge
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February 10, 2017
Barry Antoine, a farmer from Buccament/Layou, no longer has to worry about accusations that he attempted to shoot Penniston resident Jack Barber. Alth...
Two men relieved of murder charges
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February 7, 2017
The Director of Public Prosecutions discontinued murder charges against Kelwyn Gloster and Paul Nicholls last Thursday, January 26. Gloster and Nichol...
Another  suspect charged in armed  robbery
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February 7, 2017
A resident of Glen, who now joins two teenage boys in being charged in connection with a daring daylight robbery in Kingstown on January 30, was reman...