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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...
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February 3, 2017
Two 15-year-old boys were brought before the Serious Offences Court yesterday, in relation to a daring daylight robbery that occurred on Monday. The t...
Minivan conductor jailed on drug charge
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January 31, 2017
A minivan conductor from the South Leeward constituency received a seven-month prison sentence yesterday for having three pounds of cannabis in his po...
Ganja farmer freed after six months in prison
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January 31, 2017
After spending six months in prison, pending a trial date for illegal cultivation, Theophilus Jacobs was told he was “free to go” yesterday. The 3...
Prison officer freed of charges
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January 27, 2017
Louis Cupid, a prison officer with nine years of service at Her Majesty’s Prison, is now free of charges brought before him last October. Cupid was ...
PI into Dexter Rodney’s murder begins
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January 27, 2017
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into a matter in which Denzil ‘Scammie’ Sam has been charged with the murder of Dexter ‘Captain’ Rodney began on ...
Man jailed for homemade firearm
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January 24, 2017
Commissioner of Police Renold Hadaway says that the discovery of Campden Park resident Kemron Spencer with a home-made firearm is not a one-off situat...
Rillan Hill man beats another murder charge
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January 24, 2017
Schemel ‘Jacket’ Dunbar can be compared to Teflon; nothing seems to stick to the Rillan Hill man. On Monday, January 16, when Dunbar appeared at t...
Police officer withholds important evidence
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January 20, 2017
Lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste has accused a police officer of being partisan, after he admitted to having omitted “salient” information from a witne...
Campden Park duo remanded on gun, drug charges
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January 17, 2017
Two Campden Park residents are expected to appear at the Serious Offences Court today after being placed on remand for 24 hours. When Kenroy Spencer a...
Owia man jailed for illegal ammo possession
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January 17, 2017
A 10-month prison term was handed down to an Owia man yesterday, after he was found guilty of being in illegal possession of five rounds of 12-gauge a...
Drug abuser found guilty of cocaine possession
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January 17, 2017
A self-proclaimed crack addict has landed himself a six-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of three drug possession charges. Yesterday at...
Glen resident receives extended prison sentence
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January 13, 2017
Keon Scott, a man who is currently serving a one-year prison sentence for escaping police custody, has received an additional four-and-a-half-year sen...