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January 15, 2010
Time is of the essence for Dickson Village resident Anthony Joseph.{{more}} Joseph, who pleaded guilty on Monday at the Serious Offences Court to poss...
Drug certificate is enough, says Magistrate
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January 15, 2010
Even though the marijuana samples which were to be tendered into evidence have yet to be found, Chief Magistrate Sonya Young found that the certificat...
Alexander to stand trial for John’s murder
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January 8, 2010
Murder accused Michael Alexander has been committed to stand trial before judge and jury at the High Court.{{more}} Alexander, a fifty-five year old r...
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January 8, 2010
A Sandy Bay man was remanded after he was charged with the theft of over sixty thousand pounds worth of cash and jewelry.{{more}} Twenty-seven year ol...
Grant gets three months for stealing from yacht
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January 8, 2010
A man whose actions have been detrimental to the Tourism industry of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been sent to jail.{{more}} Chief Magistrate So...
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December 30, 2009
Jerry Lewis was granted $10,000 composite bail for wounding and other charges when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Monday.{{more}} Lewis,...
Prison sentences for ganja possesion
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December 30, 2009
Devorn Jacobs will have to spend the New Year behind bars as he was sentenced to one year in prison for marijuana possession.{{more}} Magistrate Zoila...
Criminal Assizes on a Christmas break
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December 23, 2009
What may be considered a grueling Criminal Assizes came to a close on Friday, December 18, at the High Court in Kingstown.{{more}} Although the length...
Woodley, Bain await sentencing
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December 23, 2009
Murder convicts Webster Woodley and Grenadian Sheldon Bain will have to wait until the January Criminal Assizes to be sentenced.{{more}} The two, who ...
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December 18, 2009
Perhaps Lamont Lescott didn’t get the memo that lightening does not strike twice in the same place.{{more}} Lescott, 26, of Old Montrose stole one s...
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December 18, 2009
Denver Oliver told Chief Magistrate Sonya Young that the only reason he took Walter Saunders’ cellular phone was because he did not return with the ...
Man vacations behind bars
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December 18, 2009
American national, Jarod Arbritton only intended to spend two days of his vacation here. Unfortunately, he ended up spending his entire holiday in pol...
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December 18, 2009
Since October 5, 2009, four accused persons were freed of murder charges, owing to insufficient evidence against them, or technicalities.{{more}} Juni...
David to stand trial for Ashley Warren’s murder
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December 18, 2009
Colin David will appear at the High Court before a judge and jury to answer to the charge of murdering Ashley “Semore” Warren.{{more}} The Long Wa...
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December 11, 2009
Junior David, who had been charged with the murder of Ashley “Semore” Warren, was discharged when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Mon...
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December 11, 2009
11.DEC.09 A forty-five-year-old Vincentian man has been sentenced to serve six years at the Bordelais Correctional Facility in St. Lucia, starting on ...
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December 11, 2009
Peter Lee Frederick told Chief Magistrate Sonya Young that it was his drunken stupor that made him break the law. Frederick, 25, labourer of Barrouall...
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November 27, 2009
Two men appeared in court this week on charges related to the appearance of two women, Keishell Patterson and Latoya Fredericks, who were charged with...
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November 27, 2009
The doctor who examined Jemark Jackson, the boy who was allegedly beaten by police officers, said that he suffered from pulmonary edema.{{more}} Dr. L...
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November 27, 2009
Everad Pierre was sentenced to four years in prison for the importation and possession of over 1,000 grams of cocaine.{{more}} Pierre, of Richmond Hil...
Duo charged with gun, ammo, cannabis possession
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November 20, 2009
Two young women were brought before the Serious Offences Court to answer gun, ammunition and marijuana charges.{{more}} Latoya Fredericks, a nineteen-...
Lucian man found guilty
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November 20, 2009
A St. Lucian man will spend the next sixteen months at Her Majesty’s Prison for the possession and cultivation of cannabis.{{more}} Ulessis Monel wa...
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November 13, 2009
Jeremy Riley will spend the next three years in prison for three gun-related crimes he committed in 2007. The resident of Edinboro appeared at the Ser...
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November 13, 2009
Twenty-year-old Kevin Nicholls will have to report to the Barroulie Police Station everyday as part of his bail condition on two gun-related charges.{...
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November 13, 2009
Just 24 hours after two men were acquitted of a triple homicide charge, Donny “Youth-I” Williams was freed by the court of a similar charge.{{more...
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November 6, 2009
Two men were committed to stand trial at the High Court for the death of Grenadian Phil “Sean” Henry.{{more}} Osrick Young, 27, and Kendal Glasgow...
Mother to stand trial for death of toddlers
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November 6, 2009
The mother of two toddlers who were killed in a house fire earlier this year was committed to stand trial at the High Court.{{more}} Tasha Sutherland ...
Ollivierre walks free
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October 30, 2009
Valcina Olliviere walked away from the courtroom a free woman on Monday as her case was struck out by the Chief Magistrate Sonya Young.{{more}} Young ...
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October 23, 2009
As the debate surrounding the new proposed constitution continues, Senior Magistrate Donald Brown is of the view that young men need to do something t...
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October 23, 2009
The case involving three police officers who are facing criminal charges has been adjourned to Monday October 26, 2009.{{more}} The case was adjourned...
Bain denies knowledge of cellular phone
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October 23, 2009
The prisoner implicated in Prison Officer George Caesar’s case claims not to know anything about the cell phone which was allegedly to have been giv...
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October 16, 2009
November 6, 2009 is one date that Alex Archibald is not looking forward to. That is when he will be sentenced on an unlawful sex charge.{{more}} Archi...
Wilson pleads not guilty to shooting
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October 16, 2009
A young man of Sion Hill is currently in custody charged with shooting another for an mp3 player.{{more}} Brenan Wilson, 25, of Walvaroo, appeared at ...
Dasilva’s sentence reduced
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October 16, 2009
Cyril DaSilva has had two years taken off his 12-year prison sentence for having sex with a girl under the age of 10. However, his age still remains a...
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October 16, 2009
The man who chopped off his ex-girlfriend’s fingers and left her with permanent facial disfigurement in a vicious cutlass attack had his eight-year ...
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October 16, 2009
Hazron Shallow had very few grounds on which he wanted the OECS Court of Appeal to consider reducing his 15-year prison sentence, so he had his appeal...