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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...
Schoolgirl tells court about alleged rape
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March 22, 2013
Two teenage boys of Chapmans Village told jurors on Wednesday that they did not take turns in raping a 14-year-old girl last year. {{more}} The teens,...
Four men discharged  in Morne Ronde murder
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March 22, 2013
Loud cheers erupted outside the precincts of the Serious Offences Court on Friday, March 15, after four men walked free of a murder charge.{{more}} Ch...
Man sentenced to 12 years for rape
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March 19, 2013
The man who asked his victim to have a relationship with him after he had raped her, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on Friday, March 15.{{more...
Greiggs man guilty of murder of former lover
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March 15, 2013
Greiggs resident Aubrey Wilson will be sentenced on June 7 for murder and attempted murder, pending a social inquiry report.{{more}} Wilson, 37, mason...
Charges against teenager dropped by 4 students
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March 15, 2013
Former Miss Heritage Jonique Chance, on Tuesday, publicly apologized to four students who decided not to proceed in a matter in which she has been cha...
Frederick case adjourned to April 2
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March 8, 2013
The case in which opposition Senator Vynnette Frederick has been charged with making false declarations and swearing falsely has again been adjourned....
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March 5, 2013
Two men charged with stealing $13,600.35 from a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet last week, are now out on $7,000 bail each.{{more}} Long Wall resi...
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March 5, 2013
Senator Vynnette Frederick will answer to six charges relating to perjury and false swearing, when she appears at the Mesopotamia Magistrate’s Court...
Miss Heritage faces assault charges
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March 5, 2013
Jonique Chance appeared in court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to assaulting Lauricia Wiliams of Biabou; Trishanna Ross; Lorenzo Williams of Biabou...
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March 1, 2013
None of the prosecution witnesses called in the Sean Baptiste murder retrial were able to finger Barbadian Anderson “Bounty” Williams as the man w...
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February 22, 2013
“Na worry yourself. Dor worry!” Those were the comforting words Orland Francois left with a relative before he was taken to Her Majesty’s Prison...