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Testimony of witness disputed in murder case
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June 14, 2013
One witness in the murder trial of Agassi Fraser has disputed the evidence of star witness, Marlon Brando Lockhart, that murder accused Odinga “Boom...
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June 11, 2013
Grenadian Tevin Bernard will return to court on June 12 for sentencing on ammunition possession charges.{{more}} Bernard appeared before the Serious O...
Greiggs man gets 25 years for murder
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June 11, 2013
Greiggs resident Aubrey Wilson, was on Friday, June 7, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the murder of his former lover.{{more}} In addition, he ...
Get your house in order – High Court Judge
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May 31, 2013
Murder convicts Che Bute and Azari Ash will have to wait a while longer to have their appeals heard, as a tribunal, on May 28, instructed lawyers for ...
Police ‘friendly fire’ case begins in court
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May 31, 2013
Poor coordination by police when responding to a tip that a drug operation was taking place, could be why Corporal 351 Milford Edwards was shot by a f...
Man’s appeal in cocaine case denied
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May 28, 2013
The appeal of a resident of north leeward against his conviction and sentence on cocaine charges was yesterday denied by a tribunal.{{more}} At the si...
Cellular phone thief placed on bond
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May 17, 2013
Meshell Knoox, the woman who was caught red-handed after stealing a Blackberry cellular phone, was placed on bond on Wednesday.{{more}} Knoox, who was...
Phone thief gets feel of a hard Knoox life
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May 14, 2013
When Meshell Knoox decided to steal a Blackberry cellular phone last Saturday, she apparently did not think her plan through clearly.{{more}} She was ...
Former police officer charged for murder
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May 7, 2013
A former police officer was charged on Friday, in relation to the murder of Helen Fox of Lodge Village.{{more}} Lionel Hoyte of Lodge Village was rema...
‘Scarface’ back on wrong side of law
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May 3, 2013
Two weeks after being freed from Her Majesty’s Prison, Anthony “Scarface” Hamilton is back behind bars.{{more}} The Kingstown resident, who was ...
Civil servant on theft charges
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May 3, 2013
A senior officer in the Ministry of Agriculture will return to court on September 3, to answer seven charges in relation to theft and conspiracy to st...
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April 19, 2013
The prosecution at the Serious Offences Court, on Tuesday prevented a can of worms from being opened, after one of their witnesses said a senior polic...
Mother claims that her daughter wants her dead
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April 16, 2013
The mother of a teenage girl who pleaded guilty to cocaine related charges last week, says her daughter wants her dead.{{more}} At the sentencing hear...
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April 12, 2013
Five more witnesses were expected to take the stand in the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Ulric Hercules.{{more}} The matter, in which Junior ...
Guilty robber blames police for guilty plea
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April 5, 2013
Despite pleading guilty to robbing a tourist, Cornelius Aberdeen blamed the police officer who arrested him.{{more}} “The officer make me plead guil...
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April 5, 2013
Four hundred and sixty inmates are currently housed at three prison facilities here — 28 more than the number recorded at the close of last year’s...
Rechanne Browne-Matthias sworn in as magistrate
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April 5, 2013
Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias says that her new job has been going well so far.{{more}} “Of course, it’s a learning experience and there are...
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March 28, 2013
A nine-member jury believed the stories of two teenage boys who were accused of raping a 14-year-old-girl and acquitted them on Friday, March 22.{{mor...