From the Courts
December 30, 2011
The preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Kevin âBreadâ Toby got underway at the Serious Offences Court earlier this week.{{more}} Asquith John o...
From the Courts
December 22, 2011
With the exit of remanded prisoner Lisa Ballantyne, the number of persons housed at Her Majestyâs Prisons at the end of the 2011 criminal assizes dr...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
December 20, 2011
Fri, Dec 20. 2011 A legal move by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) delayed yesterdayâs sentencing of admitted drug trafficker...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
December 20, 2011
Naphtali Diaz, the young man from Paulâs Avenue, who in a recent interview with SEARCHLIGHT claimed that he had paid his debt to society and that po...
From the Courts
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 ...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
November 29, 2011
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young will rule on a no-case submission, put forward by the defence, when the matter concerning Antonio âQue Pasaâ Gellizea...
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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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
November 29, 2011
A prisoner who was on remand at Her Majestyâs Prison on a murder charge, died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Friday, November 25, a senior ...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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 ...
From the Courts
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}...
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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...
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November 22, 2011
A 21-year-old labourer of Simon has been charged with causing the death of Seraft âChronicâ Trumpet of Long Wall/ Cane Garden.{{more}} Appearing a...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
November 11, 2011
Standing calmly in the defendantâs dock, with his hands at his side and a nonchalant look on his face, Edward Taylor looked directly at the judge as...
From the Courts
November 11, 2011
McCarthy âDJâ Patterson was denied bail and remanded in custody when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Sonya Young at the Serious Offences Court...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
October 28, 2011
For the next 15 years, Her Majestyâs Prison will be the mailing address of Stevenson Moses.{{more}} Moses, 32, of Fair Hall, was slapped with two 15...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
October 28, 2011
A 20-year-old man of Largo Heights who said he was just giving a friend âa handâ when police found him in possession of a double mouth, 12-gauge s...
From the Courts
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}}...
From the Courts
October 21, 2011
Two natives of China were on Tuesday, October 18, released on $15,000 bail each after pleading not guilty to charges of fraud.{{more}} Hai Yan Yu, 25,...
From the Courts
October 14, 2011
A decision should have been made yesterday regarding a discrepancy in police statements in a drug matter involving over 376 pounds of cannabis.{{more}...
From the Courts
October 14, 2011
Three young men, one from Edinboro and two from Chateaubelair, have been charged for the murder of Rasco âRenâ Isaacs.{{more}} Jamal Layne of Edin...
From the Courts
October 14, 2011
After close to a year of investigations, police have made a breakthrough in the murder investigations of CD vendor Shawn Gordon of Rillan Hill.{{more}...
From the Courts
October 14, 2011
The prosecution had better get its house in order by November 14, as Chief Magistrate Sonya Young has granted a final adjournment in a murder matter t...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
October 11, 2011
Prosecutors will have their hands full at the October Criminal Assizes, as 77 trials, along with two sentencing hearings are down for hearing at the H...
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