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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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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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October 28, 2011
High Court judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle has added his voice to those speaking out against the spate of violent crimes being committed against women in S...
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October 28, 2011
Bilton Primus will learn his fate on November 11, 2011, after he was found guilty by a nine-member jury of causing grievous bodily harm to Darrine Edw...
Bailey gets two years for gun possession
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October 28, 2011
A 20-year-old man of Largo Heights who said he was just giving a friend “a hand” when police found him in possession of a double mouth, 12-gauge s...
Alexander charged with wounding Hackshaw
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October 28, 2011
Lowmans Bay resident Shaun Alexander has been remanded in police custody pending a medical report on stabbing victim Cornelius Brent Hackshaw.{{more}}...
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October 14, 2011
Three young men, one from Edinboro and two from Chateaubelair, have been charged for the murder of Rasco ‘Ren’ Isaacs.{{more}} Jamal Layne of Edin...
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October 11, 2011
A 24-year-old hairdresser of Lowmans Leeward was given three months to pay a $2,500 fine for marijuana possession. Failure to do so will result in a f...
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October 11, 2011
After a week on remand, Jonathan Bowens was granted $15,000 bail, after he allegedly shot a man in his abdomen in Ottley Hall on October 1.{{more}} Bo...
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September 30, 2011
As Stacia Aberbeen’s legal woes continue, on Thursday, September 22, she was slapped with 58 charges of theft and deception, in addition to 54 other...
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September 27, 2011
Edinboro residents Bradley Huggins, 25, Shannon Richards, 20 and Dwayne Corridon, 25, were each granted $12,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun ...
Ashton P.I. set for February 12, 2012
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September 27, 2011
Devon Ashton will have his day in court on February 17, 2012.{{more}} Chief Magistrate Sonya Young set the date for the Preliminary Inquiry into the m...
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September 23, 2011
If at least 10 murder matters are dealt with during the current sitting of the Criminal Assizes, it will greatly assist in reducing the backlog of ind...
Thomas acquitted of murder
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September 23, 2011
Shortly after being acquitted of murder, 19-year-old Nigel Thomas touched the three other men with whom he had been charged, as he exited the Serious ...
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September 20, 2011
Petit Bordel resident Reynold Sam, 44, was granted bail of $12,000 after appearing at the Serious Offences Court on a robbery charge.{{more}} Sam appe...
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September 20, 2011
The case involving the largest money haul in the OECS has been put on hold, as one of the men charged in the matter has fallen ill.{{more}} The prosec...
Williams charged with murder of Nero
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September 20, 2011
Four days after Redemption Sharpes resident Stefforn Williams confessed that she had killed her former lover, she was hauled before the Serious Offenc...
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September 16, 2011
The case in which 24-year-old Questelles resident Adonna Charles is accused of inducing Sergeant 366 Rohan Giles to commit a breach of discipline, got...
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September 9, 2011
A Vincentian man has been charged with assaulting a woman because he did not accept that she wanted to end their relationship.{{more}} The woman was a...
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September 9, 2011
A 35-year-old Vincentian national has been remanded to prison in Grenada, after being charged with a number of criminal offences, including a foiled a...
COP Miller awaits word on ‘violent’ deportee
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September 9, 2011
Police Commissioner Keith Miller says once a person is deported from another country, law authorities here are notified.{{more}} Miller was at the tim...