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August 5, 2011
After being sentenced to 13 years in jail on a manslaughter charge, Flavia Richardson appealed her matter and was granted a re-trial.{{more}} However,...
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August 5, 2011
At the end of the July 2011 assizes, the population at Her Majesty’s Prisons stood at 460, 43 more than at the end of the last assizes.{{more}} This...
Lawyer for defendants calling on DPP to resign
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July 29, 2011
Following the conviction of Che Bute and Azari Ash for the murder of Lloyd “Lazo” Samuel, defense counsel in the matter, Carlyle Dougan Q.C., is c...
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July 29, 2011
A police officer has been charged with rape.{{more}} Constable Kevin Thompson is now out on $15,000 bail after appearing at the Family Court on a char...
Two accused men found guilty of murder
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July 29, 2011
Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Williams will be seeking the death penalty for convicted murderers, Che Bute and Azari Ash.{{more}} On Wednesday...
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July 26, 2011
Attorney Grant Connell was one the persons called to the witness stand yesterday by the defence, in the case involving the murder of Lloyd “Lazo/Haw...
Mother of accused murderer takes the stand
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July 26, 2011
The mother of murder accused, Azari Ash testified yesterday that her 22-year-old son was at home on the night of December 21, 2007, when Lloyd “Lazo...
Jobe gets 10 years for disabling woman
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July 22, 2011
A man who severely chopped his common law wife about her body, causing her to lose her right hand and suffer permanent damage in the other, was on Tue...
Vincentian, Dominican on drug charges
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July 15, 2011
Following the seizure of 31 kilograms of cocaine, two men are on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison.{{more}} Vincentian Glenroy Pierre, 33, of Queen’s...
Young gets five years in prison
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July 1, 2011
“It is people like you who are corrupting young girls in society...I’m sending a message out for people to stop messing with young girls. I am not...
Court of Appeal rules against Elwardo Lynch
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July 1, 2011
Nine years after being sued for slander, radio host Elwardo Lynch and BDS Limited have been ordered to pay Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves damages and ...
Woman to be sentenced for killing boyfriend
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July 1, 2011
Come July 15, 2011 Shanette Cumberbatch will be sentenced for the causing the death of Rakeesh Sutherland in October 2008.{{more}} On Tuesday, June 28...
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June 24, 2011
Glen resident Uranus Cabral was granted bail in the sum of $10,000.00 after being brought before the Serious Offences Court on gun and ammunition char...
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June 10, 2011
In his first ever appeal matter, young lawyer Carlos James fought feverishly and managed to have two years shaved off of an 18-year prison sentence im...
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June 10, 2011
Attorney Samantha Robertson, on Wednesday, June 8, successfully appealed against conviction in a burglary matter.{{more}} The judges of the Eastern Ca...
Two Bequia men charged with murder
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June 10, 2011
After a six month investigation into the murder of Langley Park resident Wayne Barry Byron, police on Thursday, June 2, arrested and charged two men i...
Shorn Samuel to appeal his murder conviction
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June 10, 2011
When the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sits later this year, murder convict Shorn Samuel will appeal his conviction.{{more}} On Tuesday, June 7, A...
Venezuelan, Trinidadian get five months in jail
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June 3, 2011
Venezuelan Milagros Del Valle Pajero Guaimare and Trinidadian Donny Rochford were both sentenced to five months in jail, after they pleaded guilty to ...
Trinis caught in drug bust
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May 31, 2011
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard arrested three Trinidad and Tobago nationals five miles off the coast of mainland St.Vincent last week ...
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May 27, 2011
Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle and prosecutors have their hands full in the upcoming weeks as they attempt to tackle the 65 matters set down for the May...
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May 27, 2011
Ottley Hall residents Junior Nash, 20, and Kelroy Patterson, 23, were granted $8000 bail after being charged with robbery.{{more}} They are accused of...
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May 20, 2011
The next two years of David’s Scott’s life will be spent a Her Majesty’s Prisons.{{more}} That’s because on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, Scott, 44, ...
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May 13, 2011
Vincentians Wynnerd Larson Mapp and Igino Ricardo Neverson were remanded to prison in Barbados last week after appearing in court on drug charges.{{mo...
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May 13, 2011
Prosecutors will try their hands once more in an attempt to secure a conviction in the triple murder of Reuben Small, Ralson Omoro Bownes and Javon An...
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May 13, 2011
St Lucian national Camillus Lionel will reappear in court on August 10 to answer a charge of possession of 102 pounds of marijuana on Friday, April 29...