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Wife of fugitive police officer charged
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May 27, 2014
The wife of a policeman, who has been on the run from local authorities since last year, now herself faces two charges before the court.{{more}} The w...
78 matters to be tried as Assizes commence
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May 23, 2014
Over the next few months, prosecutors will attempt to tackle 78 matters at the High Court’s Criminal Assizes.{{more}} The Assizes, which commenced o...
Woman nabbed with cannabis in cereal boxes
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May 20, 2014
Chauncey resident Luzzetta Bowens broke into tears yesterday, as she pleaded guilty to possession of 1,880 grammes (four pounds) of marijuana, which s...
Son remanded into custody for father’s death
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May 9, 2014
Calvin Johnson has been remanded into custody, charged with the May 1 murder of his father, Calvin Jacobs.{{more}} The 24-year-old labourer appeared a...
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May 2, 2014
Questelles resident Polito Spring punched a man in his mouth after the man suggested what Spring should do with a bag of fish he was carrying.{{more}}...
Glenmore Grant to answer charge of manslaughter
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May 2, 2014
Mayreau resident Glenmore Grant, 27, has been granted bail in the sum of $20,000 after appearing at the Kingstown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on a...
Man sentenced to six months for stealing sheep
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April 25, 2014
Richland Park resident Dave Bobb was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft of a sheep.{{more}} Bobb, who was charged under the Agr...
Lisa Hooper found guilty of cocaine possession
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April 25, 2014
Jomo Thomas, lawyer for Lisa Hooper, says he will appeal the decision of magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias, who on Wednesday, at the Kingstown Magis...
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April 17, 2014
Lisa Hooper will now have to wait until April 28 to learn of her fate in the case in which she is charged with possession of cocaine found in beverage...
Two young men beat murder rap
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April 17, 2014
Shanroy Browne says he plans to change and do something with his life.{{more}} Browne, 23, of Mesopotamia uttered these words to SEARCHLIGHT shortly a...
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April 11, 2014
Two men are now out of a job after pleading guilty to stealing a number of electronic items from their former workplace, Courts St Vincent Limited.{{m...
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April 11, 2014
Outgoing Chief Magistrate Sonya Young, on Friday, praised reporters for their court reporting over her six years presiding as head at the Serious Offe...
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April 8, 2014
Vermont resident Chetley Barker told the Court he was going to make “chow chow” with the 12 mangoes he stole from a man’s property.{{more}} “A...
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April 8, 2014
Alex Alexander told Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias that he stole $300 so that he could repay a man, but instead, he paid the man some of the mone...
Campden Park woman  to know fate April 14
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April 4, 2014
Magistrate at the Kingstown Magistrate's Court Rechanne Browne-Matthias will, on April 14, decide on the fate of Lisa Hooper – the woman in the coca...
Defendant confused about cocaine accusation
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March 28, 2014
Lisa Hooper said she found it strange that the man she took care of while he vacationed here last year, would lie about Hairoun beverage cans filled w...
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March 25, 2014
A Richland Park man told police that he had marijuana in his possession to use to help with his appetite.{{more}} Carlyle Williams, appeared at the Se...
Rockies man acquitted of murder
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March 25, 2014
Rockies resident Jomorni Tash, 21, was on Thursday, March 20, acquitted of the murder of Devon Jahjust Steele, at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} ...