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Ras Bongo Shines claims self-defence
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May 8, 2012
Executive member of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party Ras Bongo Shines has claimed self-defence, in an incident involving Ratho Mill resid...
Warren charged with the murder of Nickie
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May 4, 2012
A 39-year-old labourer of South Rivers has been charged with the murder of Denole Denise Nickie.{{more}} Clayton Warren was charged on Monday, in conn...
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May 4, 2012
More persons are said to be coming forward, claiming to have been conned by Ola Thomas, following a story published in the Midweek SEARCHLIGHT of Apri...
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April 27, 2012
Juliet Bowens stripped down to her underwear while looking at a fire at Lower Bay Street last Saturday, because she was “tight”.{{more}} Bowens, a...
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April 27, 2012
Kingstown residents Kevin Butler and Dillon Lewis were remanded in custody after they were slapped with charges for breaking into the George’s Famil...
Police Constable in trouble with the law
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April 20, 2012
Another member of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has found himself on the wrong side of the law.{{more}} Police Constable Desron...
Fraudster guilty of deception
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April 17, 2012
Redemption Sharpes resident Ola Thomas will learn his fate on April 30, after pleading guilty to four counts of deception.{{more}} Thomas appeared at ...
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April 13, 2012
Murray’s Village resident Kimron McDowal is out on $5,000 bail after he was charged with two counts of robbery and one each for assault and threaten...
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April 5, 2012
Retired Jamaican Supreme court judge Wesley James has expressed pleasure in serving here as a judge in the High Court’s criminal Assizes.{{more}} Ja...
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April 5, 2012
Langley Park resident, Kurt Williams, should have re-appeared at the Serious Offences Court yesterday for bail review on a theft and kidnapping matter...
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March 30, 2012
Attorney Carl Williams says there needs to be laws to govern the keeping of Pitbull dogs.{{more}} Williams was at the time speaking at the close of th...
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March 30, 2012
A call has been made for Parliament to look at legislation to deal with livestock owners who allow their animals to destroy other people’s crops.{{m...
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March 30, 2012
Crown counsel in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Carl Williams, thinks it’s high time that persons know the role a judge plays in...
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March 30, 2012
High Court judge, Frederick Bruce-Lyle has advised counsel to work together to reduce the number of cases in the High Court, rather than wasting time....
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March 30, 2012
At the closing of the Criminal Assizes on March 27, 2012, a total of 406 male inmates were housed at Her Majesty’s Prison while 15 females are at Fo...
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March 30, 2012
Outspoken High Court judge, Frederick Bruce-Lyle says the continued flow of persons coming to this country illegally and engaging in the drug activity...
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March 27, 2012
Kenute Lynch will serve the next 30 years of his life locked behind bars, for the July 18, 2007 murder of Maxwell John of Layou.{{more}} High Court Ju...
Gordon’s death ruled as suicide
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March 27, 2012
After three days of testimonies and deliberations, a five-member jury returned the verdict of death by suicide, in the inquest into the death of David...
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March 27, 2012
The first criminal assizes for 2012 will close today, March 27 with two sentencing matters set down for hearing.{{more}} The closing will take place a...
Miller to spend three years for fraud
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March 23, 2012
“What you have done is despicable in any light. You didn’t give me any reason to be lenient...”{{more}} That was just part of the tongue lashing...
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March 16, 2012
The next time Dwayne Stephens, Kimron Neverson and Andre John appear in court, it will be before a judge and jury at the next practical sitting of the...