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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...
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...
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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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}} ...
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...