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Is a new Lynch trial on the way?
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November 23, 2010
Now that Chief Magistrate Sonya Young has recused herself from the Elwardo “EG” Lynch’s matter, a new trial may be on the horizon.{{more}} Howev...
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November 19, 2010
Twenty-seven-year-old Bequia resident, McCarter Leache, has been remanded in custody after being charged with the shooting incident of Enos Wallace Pr...
No bad blood with attacker says Ollivierre
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November 19, 2010
Water taxi operator, Claudius Ollivierre, 51, believes he was stabbed about his body because his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend is jealous.{{more}} The G...
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November 5, 2010
An application by respondents in the Boundaries Commission matter requesting an adjournment, has seen the hearing of the substantive matter being push...
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November 5, 2010
Redemption Sharpes residents Che Bute and Azari Ash were on Wednesday, October 20, committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2007 murder of L...
Vincentian man nabbed with US$63,650 on boat
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October 19, 2010
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has seized US$63,650 (EC$169,945.50) cash from a Vincentian man.{{more}} Greiggs resident, Tex Frederick, 34, is...
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October 15, 2010
When the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sits next month, a decision should be handed down in the appeal matter of the three police officers who wer...
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October 15, 2010
As a result of pleading guilty to possession of 105 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $55,000, 55-year-old David DeFreitas will sp...
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October 15, 2010
Layou resident Donovan John is now out on $5000 bail after pleading not guilty to two counts of deception.{{more}} The 21-year-old appeared at the Ser...
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October 8, 2010
Dwayne Jacobs’ checkered past as burglar did not help him when he pleaded guilty to an attempted burglary charge on Wednesday at the Criminal Assize...
EC$162,000 in cocaine confiscated
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October 5, 2010
Eighteen pounds of cocaine (8513 grams) with an estimated street value of EC$162,000 (US$60,000) was confiscated by local police on Sunday, October 3,...
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October 1, 2010
Alvin Herbert was fined $900 by Chief Magistrate Sonya Young after he pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana.{{more}} Herbert, a 38-year-old mechan...
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October 1, 2010
Just one week after two persons were charged with cocaine possession, two more persons appeared before the Serious Offences Court for the same offence...
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September 24, 2010
Roger Thompson and Marlinda Sayers were jointly charged with having in thier possession 1,094 grams of cocaine with the intention to supply, when they...
‘Papa Iston’ assault case dismissed
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September 24, 2010
After recovering from what he calls one of the worst situations he has faced in his life, taxi driver and performing artist Winston ‘Papa Iston” L...
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September 10, 2010
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller says he has no evidence or information that Pirates who are stealing boat engines from fisherman in Trinidad and T...
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September 10, 2010
After he finishes serving a three-year-prison sentence here on a drug charge, Trinidadian Roger Noel’s legal woes will be far from over.{{more}} Noe...
Danzel charged with the death of Williams
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September 3, 2010
Police have arrested and charged a South Rivers man with the murder of Ian Williams.{{more}} Alberto Danzel appeared at the Serious Offences Court on ...
63-year-old man charged with murder
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September 3, 2010
Sixty-three-year-old Rudolph Jackson has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison, charged with the murder of Arlington Bacchus of Lowmans Bay.{{more}}...
Harry remanded for the murder of Samuel
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September 3, 2010
Laymond Harry has been remanded into custody for the murder of Adrian Samuel of Lowmans Windward on Saturday, August 28, 2010.{{more}} Harry, 30, of L...
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August 31, 2010
Two policemen attached the Narcotics Division of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines have been slapped with criminal charges.{{more}} Vermont resi...
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August 24, 2010
The prosecution in the Cuthbert “Cutty” May murder Preliminary Inquiry may have found itself in a tight spot as regards to the availability of wit...
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August 20, 2010
Senior Magistrate Donald Browne says he is concerned by the number of foreigners coming to St Vincent illegally.{{more}} Browne made his feelings know...
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August 20, 2010
An office attendant at KELECTRIC Co. Ltd has been released on $20,000 bail after being charged with fraud.{{more}} Fransilma Durrant, who is still bei...
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August 20, 2010
A 14-year-old boy of Paul’s Avenue got so angry after a woman called him a homosexual that he attacked her with a pair of scissors.{{more}} The boy ...
Grenadian gets three months custodial sentence
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August 20, 2010
Before Grenadian Devon Chitan is deported to his homeland, he will first have to serve a three-month custodial sentence at Her Majesty’s Prison.{{mo...
Roberts  sentenced to five years in prison
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August 20, 2010
Bernard Roberts is now into the fourth day of his five-year prison sentence, following conviction on felony gun and ammunition charges.{{more}} Senior...
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August 13, 2010
As the curtains came down on the Criminal Assizes of the High Court last Friday July 30, the prison count at Her Majesty’s Prison stood at 399, an i...
Magistrate  warns men not to hit women
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August 13, 2010
Senior Magistrate Donald Browne has once more made it clear that any man appearing before him charged with “beating” women will be sent to jail.{{...
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August 6, 2010
New Grounds labourer, Othneil Joseph is currently out on $55,000 bail after pleading not guilty to possession of a controlled substance.{{more}} Josep...