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From the Courts

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Twenty-year-old youth pleads with magistrate not to send him to prison
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September 4, 2012
Twenty-year-old Ishmael Jack pleaded with senior magistrate Donald Browne not to send him to prison, saying that he was fed up with the treatment he r...
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Changes in Eastern Caribbean Magistrate’s Courts
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September 4, 2012
Some changes have been made in the proceedings of all Magistrate’s Courts in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in which magist...
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Intoxication leads Phillip Bradshaw to sleep on stranger’s porch
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September 4, 2012
Philip Bradshaw was reprimanded and discharged from the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court with a stern warning from Senior Magistrate Donald Browne yeste...
Police arrest two men in Layou shooting
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Police arrest two men in Layou shooting
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September 4, 2012
Police have taken into custody two men that they said fled to the mountains with a shotgun after the shooting death of Evans Lynch, 33, in Layou on Sa...
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Case of men charged with stealing copper wire referred to High Court
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August 31, 2012
Reynold Young and Mario Davis will have to wait a bit longer to know their fate.{{more}} On Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Sonya Young referred the matter ...
G’town man gets two years for gun possession
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G’town man gets two years for gun possession
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August 31, 2012
Colin Blake, labourer of Georgetown, will spend the next two years behind bars for handling an illegal firearm.{{more}} Chief Magistrate Sonya Young h...
Inmates complain to magistrate about alleged violation of rights at Prisons
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Inmates complain to magistrate about alleged violation of rights at Prisons
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August 28, 2012
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young has said that she intends to look into allegations that the rights of persons on remand at Her Majesty’s Prisons in Kin...
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Vincentian, three St Lucians caught with 200 lbs of ganja
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August 24, 2012
A Vincentian man and three St Lucian men were caught in possession of an estimated EC$80,000 worth of marijuana last week in St Lucia, during a random...
Man charged with  Patterson’s murder makes first appearance in court
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Man charged with Patterson’s murder makes first appearance in court
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August 24, 2012
Ellsworth Williams, a 48-year-old labourer of Campden Park, made his first appearance at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday, after being charged ...
Mayreau women jailed for receiving stolen cash
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Mayreau women jailed for receiving stolen cash
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August 24, 2012
Two women from the Grenadine island of Mayreau have been jailed for their involvement in the theft of a quantity of cash from a yacht moored off the T...
Chief Magistrate orders men to write letter of apology
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Chief Magistrate orders men to write letter of apology
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August 24, 2012
Jordon Forde, 18, and Jason Alexander, 25, both labourers of Mayreau, received jail sentences of 11 and six months respectively on Wednesday,{{more}} ...
Businessman among two charged for importation, possession of firearms without licence
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Businessman among two charged for importation, possession of firearms without licence
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August 21, 2012
Businessman Alison Balcombe has been arrested and charged, along with Brian Nanton for the importation and possession of firearms without a licence.{{...
Bajan killer of six women,  including a Vincentian, receives six life terms
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Bajan killer of six women, including a Vincentian, receives six life terms
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August 21, 2012
The man who firebombed a store in Barbados, claiming the lives of six women, including Vincentian Kellisha Ollivierre, 24, will spend the rest of his ...
Teen mom charged in connection with death of toddler
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Teen mom charged in connection with death of toddler
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August 21, 2012
Mischicha Peters, an 18-year-old resident of Robertson Hill, Arnos Vale has been charged with causing the death of her one-year-old son McKealti Peter...
Man gets 21 days in prison for selling water as rum
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Man gets 21 days in prison for selling water as rum
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August 17, 2012
David Bennet was sentenced to 21 days in prison on Tuesday, after he was found guilty of selling Carlton Gurley of Rockies three full bottles and one ...
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Vincentian among five charged with money laundering in the BVI
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August 14, 2012
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 Vincentian Jomo Jolan Jack, is among five men charged with money laundering and drug related offences in the BVI, following an a dru...
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Plumber out on $15,000 bond for gun, ammo possession
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August 14, 2012
A 25-year-old plumber of Kearton’s Hill appeared in Court last Friday to answer multiple charges including possession of one 9 mm firearm;{{more}} p...
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Union Island resident fined $15,000 for ganja possession
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August 14, 2012
Monty Browne, a resident of Union Island, was on Monday fined $15,000 to be paid within six months or be imprisoned for a period of two years, after p...
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Former SVGFF employee guilty of stealing $1,000
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August 14, 2012
A former employee of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) was ordered to repay a sum of money she stole from the sporting org...
Man charged with murder of his mother
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Man charged with murder of his mother
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August 14, 2012
Munroe Duncan of Vermont had his first appearance in court on Friday, August 10.{{more}} Duncan, 55, was arrested and charged with murdering his mothe...
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Bajans in drug case facing October PI
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August 10, 2012
The four Barbadian men charged with possession of 1,706 pounds of cannabis on board a vessel, on July 13 at Fancy Point, will face a Preliminary Inqui...
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Mother charged with death of her six-month-old child
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August 10, 2012
Almost one year after six-month-old Carlson Baptiste perished in a fire at Rabacca, his mother has been charged with causing his death.{{more}} Vanesh...
Man charged in Barbados in connection with death  of Vincentian woman
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Man charged in Barbados in connection with death of Vincentian woman
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August 10, 2012
Anthony Frederick Francis appeared in the District “C” Magistrate’s Court in Barbados on Wednesday, charged in connection with the killing of hi...
Justice of Peace should know fate soon in  2010 shooting case
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Justice of Peace should know fate soon in 2010 shooting case
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August 7, 2012
The case in which Justice of the Peace Ernest Dennie is charged with shooting two men at Questelles back in 2010, should come to a close soon at the S...
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Campden Park men plead not guilty to sheep, goat theft
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August 3, 2012
Two Campden Park residents will reappear in court today when bail in a matter in which they have been charged will be considered.{{more}} When they ap...
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Prosecution to make decision on Bajans’ case
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August 3, 2012
Prosecutor Adolphus Delpesche is expected to tell the Serious Offences Court on Monday how he will proceed with a case involving four Barbadians charg...
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Venezuelan charged
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August 3, 2012
A Venezuelan man who was injured in a reported shoot-out with police at sea, aboard the boat “El Amigo Fay” of Union Island on June 3, has been ch...
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Another Bajan jailed for drugs
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August 3, 2012
A Barbadian man who tried to smuggle drugs because he was “between a rock and a hard place” will spend the next 18 months in jail.{{more}} Antonio...
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Employee caught on camera stealing
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August 3, 2012
The man who was put in charge of the security cameras at Super J Supermarket was, on July 25, caught stealing, by those same cameras.{{more}} When he ...
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Jailed Langley Park men must pay $6,000 after release or spend another year in prison
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July 27, 2012
Even after they finish serving an 18-month prison sentence, Langley Park residents Andell Shallow and Kenniota Cain will still have to find $6,000 to ...
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Bajans charged with cannabis possession return to court on Monday
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July 27, 2012
The four Barbadian men who are charged with possession of 1,706 pounds of cannabis, will return to court on Monday, when the prosecution will give mor...
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Chief Magistrate to rule on Chinese fraud case
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July 27, 2012
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young will hand down a decision today in relation to a case involving two Chinese natives who have been charged with fraud.{{mo...
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Former star witness in murder case shot in arm
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July 27, 2012
A man who was the star witness in a 2007 murder case was shot in his left arm around 7 p.m. Tuesday, police say.{{more}} Details surrounding the shoot...
Sharpes man freed of murder charge
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Sharpes man freed of murder charge
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July 27, 2012
One of three men charged with the murder of Esron ‘Banks’ Ells, was on Friday, July 20, cleared of that charge.{{more}} Shawn Phillips, 29, auto b...
Sergeant on murder charge
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Sergeant on murder charge
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July 27, 2012
Fairbain Pasture resident, Cardon Sergeant, has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison, charged with the murder of Elvis Hoyte, 52, of the same addre...
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Vincentians nabbed in Barbados drug busts
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July 20, 2012
Two Vincentian nationals are among four men now in the custody of the Barbadian Police, after being intercepted by the Barbadian Coast Guard.{{more}} ...
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Bajan man gets 18 months for possession of cannabis
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July 20, 2012
Barbadian national, Mark Corbin will have to spend more time than he intended in St Vincent, after being sentenced to 18 months in jail for drug posse...
Browne-Matthias is temporary president of Family Court
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Browne-Matthias is temporary president of Family Court
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July 20, 2012
Rechanne Browne-Matthias has been sworn in as temporary president of the Family Court.{{more}} Browne-Matthias was officially sworn in on July 17, at ...
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Security guard steals Blackberry from LIME, pleads guilty
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July 17, 2012
A 25 year-old security guard of Edinboro has to repay telecommunications company LIME for two Blackberry smart phones he stole.{{more}} Kamarle Charle...
Ash, Bute sentenced to life in prison for Samuel’s murder
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Ash, Bute sentenced to life in prison for Samuel’s murder
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July 17, 2012
Redemption Sharpes residents Che ‘Ragga’ Bute, 29 and Azari ‘Heffer’ Ash, 23, will spend the rest of their lives behind bars.{{more}} The men,...
Public Servant arrested at airport on Carnival Monday
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Public Servant arrested at airport on Carnival Monday
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July 13, 2012
Twenty-five-year-old public servant Monique Williams of Walvaroo was on Wednesday, July 11 granted bail in the sum of $15,000, after she pleaded not g...
Chance  sentenced to six years in BVI prison
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Chance sentenced to six years in BVI prison
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July 6, 2012
Vincentian Dexter Chance has been sentenced to six years imprisonment in the British Virgin Islands for importation of drugs.{{more}} The BVI News rep...
Four charged with murder of artist
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Four charged with murder of artist
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July 3, 2012
Four men have been charged with the murder of Belvedere resident Jennifer Lewis.{{more}} Randy Gurley, 23, of Southwood; Sheldon Gurley, 27, of Diamon...
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SVG to participate in Africa/CARICOM Climate Summit
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SVG to participate in Africa/CARICOM Climate Summit
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August 5, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will take part in the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in September...
Eight Cuban Tourism experts to help SVG’s tourism development
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Eight Cuban Tourism experts to help SVG’s tourism development
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August 5, 2025
A group of eight experts arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on July 31, 2025, to assist the government in further development of this coun...
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PAHO collaborates in helping eliminate Cervical Cancer in SVG
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August 5, 2025
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with this country’s Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE) concluded a...
East St George hopeful predicts NDP victory in North Windward
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East St George hopeful predicts NDP victory in North Windward
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August 5, 2025
New Democratic Party candidate for the East St George Constituency in the upcoming general elections, Lavern Gibson-Velox, is predicting that her coun...
We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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July 31, 2025
LEADER OFTHE OPPOSITION New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, said despite the several negative issues that have been revealed about the Citiz...

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