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Mapp gets three years for gun, ammo possession
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July 16, 2010
David Mapp was sentenced to three and a half years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty {{more}} to gun and ammunition possession at the Seriou...
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July 13, 2010
Lowmans resident Carlos Shepherd will have his day in Court on September 23, 2010 to answer a number of drug charges against him.{{more}} Shepherd app...
Georgetown man caught with firearm
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July 13, 2010
David Mapp will learn his fate today when he reappears at the Serious Offences Court to answer gun and ammunition charges.{{more}} Mapp, a resident of...
Bacchus – ‘Que Pasa’ to take the stand
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July 13, 2010
Defense lawyer Kay Bacchus-Browne has signalled her intentions to call Anthony “Que Pasa” Gellizeau and Commissioner of Police Keith Miller to tes...
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July 9, 2010
Dennis Niles told Chief Magistrate Sonya Young he was only walking around Kingstown on Carnival Tuesday with a knife in his waist because he wanted to...
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July 9, 2010
One would have thought that the Serious Offences Court would be bursting at its seams with offenders on Wednesday morning, the day after Carnival. Thi...
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July 9, 2010
Acting Police Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago, James Philbert, is showering high praises on the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force f...
Nichols gets 12 years in prison
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July 9, 2010
A Kingstown Park man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week at the High Court’s Criminal Assizes.{{more}} Swann Nichols pleaded guilty to wou...
DeRoche remanded for death of common law husband
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July 2, 2010
Nicole DeRoche, 29, a supervisor, is now on remand at this country’s female penitentiary charged with the stabbing death of her common law husband, ...
Scott charged with gun, ammo possession
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July 2, 2010
A Trinidadian national who came to these shores illegaly will appear before the Serious Offences Court today, Friday, on gun and ammunition possesion ...
Vincentians nabbed in Montserrat drug bust
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July 2, 2010
Five Vincentian nationals are currently detained in Brades, Montserrat, after they were arrested in connection with a large seizure of drugs on Friday...
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June 25, 2010
Counterfeit Eastern Caribbean dollars as well as Barbadian dollars are being circulated on the market.{{more}} On Saturday, June 19, 2010, the son of ...
Three Sharpes men on murder charge
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June 25, 2010
Three young men from Redemption Sharpes are now on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison for causing the death of Esron “Banks” Ells. The men{{more}}: ...
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June 18, 2010
Eleven witnesses have already given testimony at the Preliminary Inquest into the shooting deaths of three men at Vermont, which happened on May 21, 2...
Trio loses extradition appeal
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June 11, 2010
Following a decision by OECS Court of Appeal earlier this week, lawyers for Dexter Chance, Gareth McDowall and Carlos Sutherland have given notice tha...
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June 4, 2010
Jason Lawrence was earlier this week released on $70,000 composite bail after pleading not guilty to the possession of over 143 grams of cannabis, amo...
Franklyn’s sentence stands
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June 4, 2010
Alwill “Will” Franklyn’s hopes of having time shaved off his six-year sentence for robbery and assault were dashed when he appeared before the j...
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June 4, 2010
Luke Williams shook his head in disbelief all the way back to Her Majesty’s Prison after he learned his appeal against a murder conviction had been ...
Sylvester: Bill not high on the agenda
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May 28, 2010
President of the SVG Human Rights Association Nicole Sylvester is calling on the Attorney General to pass the OECS Bar Draft Legal Profession Bill.{{m...
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May 28, 2010
High Court Judge, Jennifer Remy finds that there is a disturbing trend developing among young people of only settling their differences through violen...
Greaves on the wrong side of the law again
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May 28, 2010
Matters have gone from bad to worse for Roger Greaves, the man who is commonly known as the “Bop-Bandit”.{{more}} Greaves, who is already serving ...
Auxillary Officer dies
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May 21, 2010
The Serious Officers Court has lost one of its law enforcement officers.{{more}} Auxillary constable Martin Adams, of Kingstown Park, died on Saturday...
Teen mom shoplifts her way to prison
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May 21, 2010
An 18-year-old mother of three has been sentenced to nine months in jail.{{more}} A teary-eyed Alvecia Browne, of Ottley Hall, appeared at the Serious...
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May 21, 2010
The May 2010 Criminal Assizes got underway on Monday, May 17, at the High Court with over 64 cases down for hearing as well as seven sentencing matter...
Trinidadian man sent packing
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May 21, 2010
After four years of living in this country illegally, Trinidadian national Sheldon Gilman was given his marching orders earlier this week.{{more}} Whe...
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May 14, 2010
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young is fed up of some police officers’ blatant disregard for the court’s time.{{more}} Young voiced her displeasure on Tu...
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May 14, 2010
Failure by the prosecution to lay the proper grounds as to why constable Charlene Bute’s statement should be admitted into evidence resulted in Chie...
Craigg sentenced to five-and-a-half years
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May 14, 2010
Shorn Carlon Craigg, the man who viciously assaulted his girlfriend causing her to be paralysed, was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment e...
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May 7, 2010
The admissibility of a witness statement from the police officer who transcribed the statements made by Elwardo “EG” Lynch is being questioned by ...
“Que Pasa” expected to testify in Lynch case
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May 7, 2010
Come Monday, May 10, Anthony “Que Pasa” Gellizeau is expected to testify in the court matter where Elwardo “EG” Lynch stands accused of making...
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April 30, 2010
After pleading guilty to three charges of deception and theft, young con artist, Kizzy Chandler, walked away from the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court o...
Keep it in your pants
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April 30, 2010
A Prospect man had a primary school girl running scared when he whipped out his penis in front of her in broad daylight.{{more}} Collin Geddis John wa...
Magistrate Young: Full transcript is important
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April 30, 2010
Kay Bacchus-Browne, the lawyer for popular radio talk show host, Elwardo “EG” Lynch, wants to know why there are omissions and gaps in the transcr...
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April 23, 2010
Shorn Robinson’s drunken stupor could have had him facing a more serious charge when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Donald Browne at the Kings...
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April 23, 2010
Her Majesty’s Prison will be Lishon Rodney’s home for the next 21 months.{{more}} That’s because Rodney, when he appeared before Chief Magistrat...