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From the Courts

New Adelphi man facing murder charge
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New Adelphi man facing murder charge
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January 6, 2017
Dennis James, a New Adelphi man who some persons have said is mentally ill, was charged on December 29 with the murder of Vidana McKenzie-Williams. Th...
Security guard on murder charge
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Security guard on murder charge
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January 6, 2017
Anthony Simon, a 24-year-old security guard of Georgetown, was arrested and charged on December 21 with a murder that left three siblings parentless. ...
Woman who stabbed son out on bail
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Woman who stabbed son out on bail
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January 6, 2017
A Lowmans Leeward woman who spent the entire New Year’s weekend behind bars for allegedly stabbing her son on December 27, 2016, has been released on ...
Seven persons take the stand in Greaves murder PI
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Seven persons take the stand in Greaves murder PI
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January 6, 2017
After two consecutive days of testimonies at the Serious Offences Court, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of real estate agent Sharleen Gr...
Ottley Hall man pleads guilty to ammo possession
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Ottley Hall man pleads guilty to ammo possession
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January 6, 2017
An Ottley Hall man has been jailed for two years, after being found with a bullet in his pocket on New Year’s Day. Calvert Buntin’s arrest came two da...
Man nabbed trying to break into Coreas Drinks Division
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Man nabbed trying to break into Coreas Drinks Division
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January 6, 2017
A three-year sentence has been handed down to a man who claims he was “under the influence” when he decided to ring in the New Year by attempting to b...
Friendly Society president  granted bail in sum of $90,000
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Friendly Society president granted bail in sum of $90,000
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January 6, 2017
Two persons on January 3 signed bail for Morris Prescott, president of the Buccament Wise and Prudent Friendly Society. Prescott, who appeared before ...
Wanted man charged with assaulting his child’s mother
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Wanted man charged with assaulting his child’s mother
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January 6, 2017
A Long Wall man, who was listed as wanted by police on December 31, 2016, has been granted bail for a separate offence. In a release issued on Decembe...
Buccament woman granted $9,000 bail on 68 counts of theft
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Buccament woman granted $9,000 bail on 68 counts of theft
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January 6, 2017
A Buccament woman who faces 68 charges of theft is out on bail, after the new year met her in police custody. Latish Williams, 24, has been charged wi...
Old Montrose man out on $2,000 bail
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Old Montrose man out on $2,000 bail
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December 30, 2016
An Old Montrose man was granted bail after being charged with stealing two bottles of Hennessy and a soft drink from Massy Stores on Christmas Eve. Wh...
Biabou man fined for  escaping from police custody
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Biabou man fined for escaping from police custody
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December 30, 2016
A Biabou man was fined on Wednesday after he jumped through a window at the Biabou Police Station in order to escape police custody. Mokeesh Davis was...
Mother pleads guilty to stabbing son
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Mother pleads guilty to stabbing son
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December 30, 2016
A Lowmans Leeward woman will begin the New Year behind bars after the court ordered that she be remanded in custody for stabbing her son on Tuesday. W...
Magistrate warns teen to stay away from victim
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Magistrate warns teen to stay away from victim
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December 30, 2016
Bail has been granted to a teen charged with stabbing her child’s father after the Crown failed to update the court on whether the virtual complaina...
Teen charged with stabbing her ‘baby daddy’ remanded
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Teen charged with stabbing her ‘baby daddy’ remanded
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December 23, 2016
A Largo Heights teen will spend her Christmas behind bars, having been charged with stabbing her child’s father multiple times last Saturday.{{more}...
Bequia man fined $4,000 for cannabis possession
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Bequia man fined $4,000 for cannabis possession
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December 20, 2016
A Bequia man has been fined $4,000 for having over 3,000 grams of cannabis in his possession.{{more}} Zacchaeus Cumberbatch and Janella Hutchins both ...
Woman charged with murder of ‘Crab’
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Woman charged with murder of ‘Crab’
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December 20, 2016
Rose Place resident 36-year-old Ava Charles has been charged with the Monday, December 12 murder of Josmond Charles/Huskinson, alias Crab.{{more}} Cha...
14 witnesses to testify in Williams  murder case
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14 witnesses to testify in Williams murder case
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December 16, 2016
Fourteen witnesses are set to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry into a matter in which Pamela Williams was bludgeoned to death on November 14, 2016 a...
Fitz-Hughes man granted $5,500 bail
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Fitz-Hughes man granted $5,500 bail
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December 16, 2016
A Fitz-hughes man was yesterday offered bail in the sum of $5,500, after he was charged with both assault and wounding. When Uroy Edwards appeared bef...
Duo charged with possession of 10 kilos of cocaine
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Duo charged with possession of 10 kilos of cocaine
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December 16, 2016
Junior “Southie” Gomez, a Trinidadian farmer and Gabrielle “Goofy” Hutchins, a chef from Bequia, are expected to appear at the next sitting of...
Belmont man jailed for four years on gun, ammo possession charge
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Belmont man jailed for four years on gun, ammo possession charge
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December 13, 2016
A Belmont man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to possession of a gun and ammunition, tools said to have been us...
Lowmans Leeward brothers on armed robbery charges
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Lowmans Leeward brothers on armed robbery charges
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December 9, 2016
Two brothers from the Lowmans Leeward area are expected to appear before Serious Offences Court on Monday, December 12 to answer charges of armed robb...
Veron Primus PI begins
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Veron Primus PI begins
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December 9, 2016
The Preliminary Inquiry into the matter in which Veron Primus is charged with the murder of real estate agent Sharleen Greaves began yesterday at the ...
Trio charged with stealing over $87,000 from Sun General Insurance
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Trio charged with stealing over $87,000 from Sun General Insurance
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December 9, 2016
Three former employees of Sun General Insurance Inc were yesterday charged with stealing $87,682.65 from the company between February 2015 and October...
SVG bag five gold medals at regional Junior  Taekwondo Tournament
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SVG bag five gold medals at regional Junior Taekwondo Tournament
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December 9, 2016
Hosts St Vincent and the Grenadines copped five gold medals when the second quarterly regional Junior Taekwondo Tournament was hosted by the Yom Chi T...
Police officer jailed for six months on deception charges
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Police officer jailed for six months on deception charges
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November 29, 2016
Police Constable Elron Lewis will spend the next six months behind bars, after he was found guilty of three counts of deception. Lewis first appeared ...
Foolish action lands brother behind bars
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Foolish action lands brother behind bars
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November 25, 2016
Michael Scott, the brother of Keyon Scott, was last Thursday sentenced to eight months in prison, after he tried to slip items to his brother at the S...
Bequia man slapped with seven charges
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Bequia man slapped with seven charges
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November 25, 2016
A Bequia resident, who has alleged that on two occasions he was beaten by the police, was on Wednesday slapped with seven charges at the Serious Offen...
Rillan Hill man to stand trial for attempted murder, aggravated burglary
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Rillan Hill man to stand trial for attempted murder, aggravated burglary
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November 25, 2016
A matter in which a Rillan Hill man is accused of having committed attempted murder and aggravated burglary has been scheduled for the next sitting of...
Teens charged with stealing gun
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Teens charged with stealing gun
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November 18, 2016
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a firearm belonging to former parliamentary representative for North Leeward Jerrol Thompson. Kishroy Du...
Lowmans man pleads guilty to cannabis possession
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Lowmans man pleads guilty to cannabis possession
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November 18, 2016
A resident of Lowmans Leeward was fined $3,500, after he pleaded guilty to having 1,996 grams of cannabis in his possession.{{more}} When he appeared ...
Villa resident jailed for 15 months on ammo possession
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Villa resident jailed for 15 months on ammo possession
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November 18, 2016
Murder accused Recardo McFee was handed a 15-month jail sentence on Wednesday, after he pleaded guilty to having 30 rounds of ammunition in his posses...
Union Island man caught trying to smuggle weed into police station
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Union Island man caught trying to smuggle weed into police station
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November 18, 2016
A Union Island man was fined $100 on Monday, after he was caught trying to smuggle weed into the Union Island Police Station by way of a fish lunch.{{...
Man arrested after trying to slip prisoner  ‘high leaf’ at Court
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Man arrested after trying to slip prisoner ‘high leaf’ at Court
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November 18, 2016
Police officers apprehended a man on Wednesday, after he tried to slip an item to a prisoner at the Serious Offences Court. Keon Scott, who had given ...
Fugitive turns himself in, jailed for 12 months
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Fugitive turns himself in, jailed for 12 months
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November 18, 2016
Keon Scott has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after escaping police custody last Friday. The Glen resident turned himself in on Tuesday and was...
Men charged in Campden Park robberies denied bail
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Men charged in Campden Park robberies denied bail
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November 11, 2016
Nigel Byron and Yusufa De Riggs will remain in police custody for at least another seven days.{{more}} The two men were apprehended and charged last w...
Murder accused opts to represent himself in court
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Murder accused opts to represent himself in court
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November 11, 2016
Murder accused Veron Primus has opted to represent himself when he reappears before the Serious Offences Court for a Preliminary Inquiry into the murd...
PI on Stubbs man accused of robbing villager set for February
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PI on Stubbs man accused of robbing villager set for February
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November 8, 2016
The date for a preliminary inquiry (PI) has been set in a matter in which a 21-year-old Edinboro man is accused of robbing a Stubbs resident of in exc...
Prison Officer to answer charge of smuggling cellphone into prison
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Prison Officer to answer charge of smuggling cellphone into prison
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November 4, 2016
A prison officer, who has served for nine years at Her Majesty’s Prison, has been charged with smuggling or attempting to smuggle a cellular phone i...
Two men charged with Campden Park robberies
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Two men charged with Campden Park robberies
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November 4, 2016
Two men have been charged in relation to a shooting which resulted in one security officer being shot in the stomach on Tuesday.{{more}} Yusufa DeRigg...
Elderly man charged over alleged wounding incident in Greiggs
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Elderly man charged over alleged wounding incident in Greiggs
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November 1, 2016
A 63-YEAR-OLD Greiggs man was yesterday remanded in police custody after he allegedly grievously wounded a fellow villager with a piece of lumber.{{mo...
Vincentian-born Antigua cop returns to Antigua from SVG under guard
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Vincentian-born Antigua cop returns to Antigua from SVG under guard
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November 1, 2016
A VINCENTIAN policeman serving in the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) who fled to St Vincent after being accused of child sex molest...
Scrubb free to travel back to US, but to return for January 26, 2017 court date
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Scrubb free to travel back to US, but to return for January 26, 2017 court date
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November 1, 2016
PAUL ‘IMADD’ SCRUBB’s travel doc- uments were returned to him yester- day, after he had been barred from returning to the United States in July....
St Lucian man remanded on two charges of illegal entry
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St Lucian man remanded on two charges of illegal entry
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October 28, 2016
A St Lucian man will spend the remainder of the year in a Vincentian prison after he allegedly entered the state illegally.{{more}} When Edmed Meund a...
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PM urges public servants to ‘Come back to Work’
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PM urges public servants to ‘Come back to Work’
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June 20, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has once again appealed to public servants who were deemed absent without leave, and dismissed from their positions...
Focus on capabilities over credentials, Director General of the OECS
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Focus on capabilities over credentials, Director General of the OECS
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June 20, 2025
The education systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS, have come under criticism for its heavy focus on credentials rather than ...
Sandals and SVG Community College conclude pilot internship programme
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Sandals and SVG Community College conclude pilot internship programme
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June 20, 2025
Sandals, St Vincent and the Grenadines has concluded a pilot internship programme in collaboration with the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community Co...
Magistrate orders young man to  enroll in Skills Training Programme
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Magistrate orders young man to enroll in Skills Training Programme
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June 20, 2025
A homeless young man, who aspires to be a makeup artist and nail technician was bonded and sent to Marion House to receive counselling for stealing a ...
Cane Garden mother steals content from purse
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Cane Garden mother steals content from purse
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June 20, 2025
A Cane Garden mother, who found a purse in Kingstown and handed it over to the police was given a suspended sentence for stealing the money inside. Ke...

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