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March 1, 2011
Two Georgetown men will appear at the Serious Offences Court tomorrow, Wednesday March 2, for sentencing on a drug charge.{{more}} Abasia Humphrey and...
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February 25, 2011
Four more witness are expected to take the stand as the Preliminary Inquiry into the Agassi Fraser murder nears its end. Eleven witnesses have already...
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February 25, 2011
A Vincentian woman charged with grievous bodily harm in the British Virgin Islands has been granted bail in the sum of $3,000.{{more}} Felisa Ballanty...
Vincentian pleads guilty to manslaughter in BVI
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February 25, 2011
A Vincentian national living in the British Virgin Islands will be sentenced on March 28 on a manslaughter charge.{{more}} On February 21, Keon Edward...
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February 18, 2011
Police Constable Rohan McDowall has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for manslaughter.{{more}} At the Preliminary Inquiry into the kill...
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February 11, 2011
Nearly four years after beating a murder charge, Sylvester “Rambo” Allen is back behind bars.{{more}} Allen, 32, of Peruvian Vale, was sentenced t...
Murder  suspect freed
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February 11, 2011
Lowmans Windward resident Laymond Harry walked away from the Serious Offences a free man after Chief Magistrate Sonya Young found that the prosecution...
Murder accused  dies of heart attack
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February 11, 2011
Murder accused Marlon Stokes is dead.{{more}} Stokes, 30, who along with Roland Gumbs, 24, was jointly charged with the murder of Atiba “Crimo” Wa...
Magistrate urges accused to thank his lawyer
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February 8, 2011
In a dramatic turn of events in the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, February 4 , 23-year-old Michel Seaton of Murray’s Village walked away...
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February 4, 2011
Twenty-one-year-old Lodge Village resident Edward Taylor was placed on remand after appearing at the Serious Offences Court on gun possession and ammu...
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February 4, 2011
Three young men accused of the murder of Esron “Banks” Ells will go before a judge and jury when the matter comes up for hearing at the High Court...
Three Vincies, one Trini charged with robbery
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February 4, 2011
As the spate of robberies continues in St Vincent, another group of young men was arrested and charged earlier this week.{{more}} Vincentians Lemuel S...
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February 1, 2011
A 15 year-old boy of Redemption Sharpes will return to the Serious Offences Court on February 2, 2011 to answer to a robbery charge.{{more}} The boy w...
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February 1, 2011
A 37-year-old woman of Gibson Corner was remanded in custody after it was alleged that she burned her eight year-old son about his body with a hot iro...
Robbery accused Austin McDowall refused bail
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February 1, 2011
Murrays Village resident, Austin McDowall, will remain on remand until his robbery matter is called up for hearing on May 16, for preliminary inquiry....
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January 28, 2011
Barbadian national Bedan Scantlebury was given his marching orders after pleading guilty to entering these shores illegally.{{more}} Scantlebury appea...
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January 28, 2011
After a year and a half of adjournments, the matter pertaining to five street lamps belonging to VINLEC, which went missing at Gibson Corner, was disc...
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January 28, 2011
Damien Bristol’s appeal will be heard when it comes before the Court of Appeal on June 6.{{more}} Bristol, 22, who is appealing his sentence, was sl...
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January 28, 2011
Three police officers will have to wait a bit longer to learn their fate in their matter before the the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal.{{more}} Pol...
Swann Nicholls’ sentence reduced
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January 28, 2011
Instead of serving the 12 year sentence imposed on him in 2010, Swann Nicholls will now serve 10 years in jail.{{more}} Appeal Court judges, Ola Mae E...
Shorn Samuel causes stir again in court
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January 25, 2011
There’s never a dull moment when convicted murder Shorn Samuel sets foot in court.{{more}} Samuel, who is appealing his conviction for the brutal mu...
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January 21, 2011
Twenty five murder cases and seven rape matters are just a few of the cases that make up the January 2011 Criminal Assizes list. The assizes, which of...
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January 18, 2011
A Vincentian man was expected to appear before an Arima magistrate yesterday, charged with attempting to export TT$1 million worth of cocaine.{{more}}...
Veira arrested again: Charged for murder
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January 11, 2011
Freedom for Sheon Veira has been short-lived.{{more}} Two days after being freed of the murder of Venezuelan businessman Juan Carlos Cuanaro, the Arno...
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January 7, 2011
Devon Gonsalves, 29, Production Manager of Paul Over, was granted $7,500 bail after pleading not guilty to gun and ammunition possession.{{more}} Gons...
Behind bars again
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January 7, 2011
Nearly a year after being set free on a murder charge, Campden Park resident Leslie Ashton is back behind bars.{{more}} Ashton, 26, labourer, appeared...
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December 30, 2010
Lowmans Windward resident, Allan Ells told Chief Magistrate Sonya Young the reason he found himself lying in bed between two girls when he woke up, wa...
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December 30, 2010
Ottley Hall resident Devron St John is out on $12,000 bail after appearing before the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, December 28, on a robbery cha...
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December 3, 2010
Two men are out on $10,000 bail, while another is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison on gun charges.{{more}} Barbadian national Ronnie Greaves was de...
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December 3, 2010
Barbadian national Overard Oliver was on Tuesday, November 30, sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to a drug possession charge.{...
Complaint filed against Vynnette Frederick
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December 3, 2010
Richard Williams, of Williams and Williams Law firm, has filed a complaint to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against Vynnette Frederick of ...