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Broke man to pay $60,000 drug fine
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March 3, 2015
“Miss, I don’t even have 60 cents in my name.” This was the response of Byera resident Westwick Williams, after Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne...
St Lucian man remanded on robbery, gun charges
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February 27, 2015
A St Lucian national has been remanded on robbery and gun charges. Augustin Desiviere appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday and was not ...
Teen gets three years for gun possession
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February 13, 2015
A 17-year-old boy was on Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court sentenced to three years in prison, after he claimed he found a gun while digging dashe...
Serious Offences Court short-staffed
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February 10, 2015
A shortage of process police staff at the Serious Offences Court yesterday saw court being adjourned without a case being heard.{{more}} SEARCHLIGHT a...
Three youths jailed for guns, ammunition
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February 10, 2015
Buddy Gutter residents Mike and Michael Prescod (twins), 24, and Sherwin Phillips, 18, will spend the next six years in jail, after being convicted on...
Trio charged with gun possession
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February 3, 2015
Three residents of Buddy Gutter, Lowmans have pleaded not guilty to multiple gun possession charges.{{more}} The trio: Mike and Michael Prescod and Sh...
Mack fined $9,000 for possession of marijuana
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January 30, 2015
Penniston resident Ulrick Mack thought up a few ideas to raise the $9,000 needed to pay the court for a marijuana fine, but by the time court ended, h...
Bail denied for Calder Ridge resident
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January 27, 2015
Calder Ridge resident Hugo Young was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison yesterday after he appeared at the Serious Offences Court on an attempted murd...
‘Jumbie’ let go
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January 20, 2015
When or if the prosecution get their house in order, Steve “Jumbie” Browne would be once again charged with murder. But for now, the Sandy Bay res...
Men freed of murder charges for second time
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January 13, 2015
For the second time, Rodney “P2” Roberts and Jason “2B” Henry have been freed of murder charges. This time, the Lowmans Leeward pair walked aw...
St Lucian man given marching orders
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December 12, 2014
Magistrate Carla James on Monday, at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, gave St Lucian Ronald Theodore his marching orders after he came to these sho...
No arrest made in murder of Enock George
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December 12, 2014
Nearly a week after his body was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head, police are yet to make an arrest in the murder of Enock George.{{more}} ...
Man found dead in New Montrose
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December 9, 2014
Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered in a drain at Walker Piece, New Montrose wit...
Bequia resident charged with indecent exposure
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December 9, 2014
A 49-year-old Bequia man has pleaded not guilty to indecently exposing himself.{{more}} Dufton Hazel appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate Court on Mon...
Second person cleared of  murder of Venezuelan man
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December 5, 2014
A second person who had been charged in connection with the murder of a Venezuelan man in 2010 has been cleared of that charge. Sheon “Scobie” Vei...
Bigger Biggs fined $800 for traffic offences
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December 5, 2014
Leon “Bigger Biggs” Samuel has been convicted on three traffic offences, and has until January 5, 2015 to pay $800 in fines.{{more}} When he appea...