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From the Courts

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Brent Hackshaw granted $5,000 bail
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January 17, 2012
Questelles resident Brent Hackshaw was granted $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to stealing several pieces of audio equipment.{{more}} He appeare...
Wilson committed for woman’s murder
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Wilson committed for woman’s murder
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January 13, 2012
Greiggs resident Aubrey Wilson will stand before a judge and jury at the next practical sitting of the Criminal Assizes to answer to the murder of his...
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Leroy Samuel gets one month for misleading police
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January 10, 2012
Lesroy Samuel has been jailed for one month for providing the police with a false name.{{more}} When police met Samuel and two other men in a car with...
Vincentian caught in Dominica drug bust
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Vincentian caught in Dominica drug bust
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January 10, 2012
A Vincentian national is among five men charged with possession of 10,000 grams of cured cannabis following a drug bust on Friday, January 6, 2012 in ...
Magistrate denies bail for Small
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Magistrate denies bail for Small
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January 6, 2012
Andre Small, a 48 year-old Carpenter of Glen, has been remanded in custody after being charged with attempted murder.{{more}} Small appeared at the Se...
Garraway to stand trial for murder at the High Court
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Garraway to stand trial for murder at the High Court
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January 6, 2012
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young has committed murder accussed Susan Garraway to stand trial at the High Court.{{more}} Garraway, of Fairbaine Pasture, wi...
SVG Court of Appeal  dismisses ‘Que Pasa’s appeal
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SVG Court of Appeal dismisses ‘Que Pasa’s appeal
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January 6, 2012
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Court of Appeal has dismissed a motion brought forward by Kent Andrews, Winston Robinson and Antonio ‘Que Pasa’ ...
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Edwards out on $6,000 bail
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December 30, 2011
Sion Hill resident Albert Edwards will return to court on May 31, 2012, having been charged with two counts of robbery.{{more}} He appeared at the Ser...
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St Lucian man deported a second time in one year
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December 30, 2011
St Lucian national Frances Charles was given his marching orders on Wednesday, this week, after pleading guilty to entering these shores illegally.{{m...
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Bolivian woman fined $700 for cannabis possession
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December 30, 2011
Bolivian national, Ivan Allegier told Chief Magistrate Sonya Young that when the police nabbed her in Layou, she forgot she had 192 grams of cannabis ...
Dean condemns act by a former student of Richmond Vale Academy
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Dean condemns act by a former student of Richmond Vale Academy
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December 30, 2011
Dean for the Richmond Vale Academy Stina Herberg has condemned the act of one of her former students, Bolivian national Ivan Allegier for being in pos...
Toby’s murder P.I. commences
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Toby’s murder P.I. commences
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December 30, 2011
The preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Kevin ‘Bread’ Toby got underway at the Serious Offences Court earlier this week.{{more}} Asquith John o...
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Prison count down to 428 inmates at end of 2011 criminal assizes
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December 22, 2011
With the exit of remanded prisoner Lisa Ballantyne, the number of persons housed at Her Majesty’s Prisons at the end of the 2011 criminal assizes dr...
Judge commends  members of the RSVGPF on efforts to stem crime
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Judge commends members of the RSVGPF on efforts to stem crime
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December 22, 2011
The efforts of the officers, men and women of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force did not go unnoticed by Justice Frederick Bruce-Ly...
Sentencing of pilot postponed for DPP to make applications
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Sentencing of pilot postponed for DPP to make applications
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December 20, 2011
Fri, Dec 20. 2011 A legal move by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) delayed yesterday’s sentencing of admitted drug trafficker...
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2011 Criminal assizes closes today
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December 20, 2011
The 2011 criminal assizes is expected to come to a close today, one day behind schedule.{{more}} An unforeseen delay pushed the close of the High Cour...
Police arrest Diaz for trespassing at a Hotel
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Police arrest Diaz for trespassing at a Hotel
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December 20, 2011
Naphtali Diaz, the young man from Paul’s Avenue, who in a recent interview with SEARCHLIGHT claimed that he had paid his debt to society and that po...
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Lavia on $15,000 bail for gun, ammo possession
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December 9, 2011
Campden Park resident Gordon Lavia was granted $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun and ammunition possession.{{more}} Lavia appeared before ...
Allen pleads guilty; says he was offered $5,000 to transport the marijuana
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Allen pleads guilty; says he was offered $5,000 to transport the marijuana
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December 6, 2011
A LIAT pilot has admitted smuggling Bds$130,000 worth of marijuana into Barbados in exchange for a fraction of that amount.{{more}} But, in addition t...
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Wrong charge brought against British man
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November 29, 2011
A British man was allowed to go free from the Serious Offences Court on Friday, November 25, after it was discovered that Immigration officials brough...
Chief Magistrate to rule on a no-case submission in ‘Que Pasa’ case
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Chief Magistrate to rule on a no-case submission in ‘Que Pasa’ case
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November 29, 2011
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young will rule on a no-case submission, put forward by the defence, when the matter concerning Antonio ‘Que Pasa’ Gellizea...
‘Careless’ Vincentian charged in Barbados
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‘Careless’ Vincentian charged in Barbados
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November 29, 2011
Tue, Nov 29. 2011 Careless in applying for status and careless in taking care of her child.{{more}} That was how Barbadian Magistrate Graveney Bannist...
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Jamaican makes ‘mistake’, brings marijuana to SVG
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November 29, 2011
Many persons gathered at the Serious Offences Court on Friday November 25, laughed when Jamaican national, Clyde Shakes, was charged for importing can...
Prisoner falls ill, dies at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital
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Prisoner falls ill, dies at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital
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November 29, 2011
A prisoner who was on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison on a murder charge, died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Friday, November 25, a senior ...
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Toney pleads not guilty to gun possession
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November 25, 2011
Jeff Toney, a 24 year-old labourer of Belmont, was granted $8,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun possession.{{more}} He appeared before Chief M...
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Acosta out on $13,000 bail for gun, ammo possession
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November 25, 2011
Campden Park resident Andy Acosta is now out on $13,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun and ammunition possession charges on Monday, November 21...
Medical experts to be cross-examined in Shorn Samuel case
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Medical experts to be cross-examined in Shorn Samuel case
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November 25, 2011
Kay Bacchus-Browne, attorney for death row inmate Shorn Samuel, wants to have medical experts for both the crown and defence present in court so that ...
Judges order retrial of Bain, Woodley
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Judges order retrial of Bain, Woodley
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November 25, 2011
A retrial has been ordered in the case in which Webster Woodley and Sheldon Bain were found guilty of the murder of taxi operator Peter Joseph.{{more}...
McDowall sentenced to six years in Tortola prison
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McDowall sentenced to six years in Tortola prison
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November 25, 2011
Gareth McDowall, one of three Vincentians who were recently found guilty of smuggling 59 kilos of cocaine into Tortola, was, on November 15, 2011, sen...
Collins charged with causing “Chronic’s” death
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Collins charged with causing “Chronic’s” death
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November 22, 2011
A 21-year-old labourer of Simon has been charged with causing the death of Seraft ‘Chronic’ Trumpet of Long Wall/ Cane Garden.{{more}} Appearing a...
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10 witnesses to testify in the murder matter of Steveon Springer
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November 15, 2011
Ten witnesses are expected to give testimony in the matter in which Godwin Moses and Tameka Sutherland stand accused of the murder of Steveon Springer...
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Gill out on $12,000 bail for gun possession
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November 15, 2011
Georgetown resident Glenford Gill was granted $12,000 bail after pleading not guilty to possession of a Smith and Wesson .44 magnum revolver, on Novem...
Frederick gets five years for cocaine possession
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Frederick gets five years for cocaine possession
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November 15, 2011
Petit Bordel resident, David Frederick, was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment, after being found guilty of possession of 18 pounds of coc...
High Court Judge drops the hammer on Primus
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High Court Judge drops the hammer on Primus
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November 15, 2011
For repeatedly hitting his ex-girlfiend in the head with a hammer, then smashing her knees with the same hammer, exposing the bone,{{more}} High Court...
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You are going to pay for wasting the Court’s time – says Judge
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November 11, 2011
Resident High Court Judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle is baffled as to what is going on with young men in St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} The outspoke...
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Three appear on unlawful sex charges
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November 11, 2011
Three men appeared in court on Friday, November 4, on separate charges of unlawful sex.{{more}} Raffique Ragguette, 31, labourer of Largo Heights, was...
Edward Taylor gets 20 years
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Edward Taylor gets 20 years
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November 11, 2011
Standing calmly in the defendant’s dock, with his hands at his side and a nonchalant look on his face, Edward Taylor looked directly at the judge as...
McCarthy Patterson denied bail, remanded in custody
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McCarthy Patterson denied bail, remanded in custody
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November 11, 2011
McCarthy ‘DJ’ Patterson was denied bail and remanded in custody when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Sonya Young at the Serious Offences Court...
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St Lucian charged with unlawful sex with a child
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November 4, 2011
A 26 year-old labourer of St Lucia/Carriere has been remanded in custody after being charged with stealing and carrying away a seven-year-old in Febru...
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Lavia gets 15 years for having sex with a minor
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November 4, 2011
Omri Enroy Lavia, 32, was on Monday, October 31, jailed for 15 years for having sex with a five year-old girl.{{more}} The man, who hails from Petit B...
Three more to take stand in attempted murder case
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Three more to take stand in attempted murder case
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November 4, 2011
Ten witnesses have already given testimony in the case where Lodge Village resident Edward Taylor stands accused of the attempted murder of Cleophus L...
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Judge slaps Moses with fifteen-year sentence
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October 28, 2011
For the next 15 years, Her Majesty’s Prison will be the mailing address of Stevenson Moses.{{more}} Moses, 32, of Fair Hall, was slapped with two 15...
Third suspect charged with Gordon’s murder
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Third suspect charged with Gordon’s murder
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October 28, 2011
A third man has been charged in connection with the murder of Rillan Hill resident Shawn Gordon.{{more}} Dwayne Banfield, 28, labourer of Kingstown, a...
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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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