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March 27, 2009
Carmen Small was fined $300 for drug possession at the Serious Offences Court on Monday, 23 March, 2009.{{more}} Small, a resident of Dubois, was foun...
Driver to pay $55,000 compensation
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March 27, 2009
Having escaped a manslaughter charge and a possible custodial sentence, 30-year-old Kenliss “Stay Cool” Thomas will now have pay $55,000 in compen...
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March 20, 2009
Perchin Williams will have to pay over $13,000 dollars in five months if he wants to stay out of jail.{{more}} Williams, a 31-year-old resident of Geo...
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March 20, 2009
Judy Baptiste admitted to the Serious Offences Court that she only kept marijuana at her home to sell so that she could take care of her nine children...
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March 20, 2009
The fate of Luke Williams will soon be decided at the High Court as his murder trial nears an end.{{more}} Williams, a labourer of Rose Hall, stands a...
Sutherland murder  P.I begins
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March 20, 2009
Ten witnesses have already been called to give evidence in the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Rakesh Sutherland. Sutherland’s common-law wif...
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March 13, 2009
Even though Junior “Zeco” Pompey has already wiped $2,000 off his debt, he has until September to come up with another $9,000 to avoid going to pr...
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March 13, 2009
Another man has been fined for threatening a police officer. On Wednesday at the Serious Offences Court, Chief Magistrate Sonya Young fined Aubrey Ros...
Woman charged
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March 13, 2009
Twenty-five-year old Keithlyn Richards, who was being sought by the Police, appeared before the Serious Offences Court on Friday, 6 March, and was cha...
Man gets sentenced to prison for gun and ammo
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March 13, 2009
Fitzroy Welcome will spend the next three years and eighteen months in prison, after he was found guilty of firearm and ammunition possession.{{more}}...
Father, son sent  to High Court
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March 13, 2009
A father and his son were on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009, committed to stand trial before a judge and jury in the High Court on a murder charge.{{more...
Bajan convicted of murder
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March 13, 2009
A submission of self-defence from Anderson Williams, 27, of Barbados, did not hold water with a twelve-member jury, as he was found guilty of the murd...
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March 6, 2009
Osbourne Quashie will have to report to the Georgetown Police Station midday everyday to avoid any more trouble with the law.{{more}} Quashie was char...
‘Tombstone’ sent  to prison again
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March 6, 2009
Alister “Tombstone” Smith will have the next two years in prison to either change his ways or hone his skills as a con-artiste.{{more}} “He is l...
Six year sentence for robbery and assault
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March 6, 2009
Dickson resident Alwill “Will” Franklyn will spend the next six years at Her Majesty’s Prison, after being convicted of robbery and assault.{{mo...
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March 6, 2009
When Larry Nelson appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Monday, he was fined for his offence, but he received some stern advice as well. Nelson wa...
Barbadian awaits fate  in murder trial
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March 6, 2009
The future hangs in the balance for murder accused Anderson Williams as the curtains slowly descend on his murder trial at the High Court.{{more}} Wil...
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February 27, 2009
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young granted Winston Small $50,000 bail when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Monday 23rd Feburary.{{more}} The 45...
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February 27, 2009
March 20th, 2009, is the date that Bequia resident, Angus Penniston will be sentenced at the High Court for manslaughter.{{more}} It took about one an...
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February 27, 2009
Mark Shallow was all smiles while leaving the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, after Chief Magistrate Sonya Young imposed a finan...
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February 27, 2009
Ronnel Slater and Unique Howe were jointly charged on Tuesday 24, February 2009, at the Serious Offences court, for having in their possession 7,264 g...
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February 20, 2009
Everett Pierre was released on $10,000 bail, after pleading not guilty to having in his possession 1,036 grams of cocaine and the importation of a con...
Belle gets seven years extra
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February 20, 2009
Already serving a six-year custodial sentence on gun and ammunition charges, Jariel Belle was sentenced to a further seven years behind bars on Friday...
Penniston’s future  hangs in balance
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February 20, 2009
Angus Penniston’s future hangs in the balance as the curtains on his manslaughter trial quickly come to a close at the High Court.{{more}} Penniston...
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February 20, 2009
The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Atiba “Crimo” Waldron which was set to begin on Wednesday, February 18, at the Serious Offences Court i...
Ratho Mill woman found guilty of manslaughter
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February 20, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009, will be the day that Flavia Richardson will be sentenced after being found guilty of manslaughter.{{more}} The Ratho Mill resi...
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February 13, 2009
Farmer Junior Matthias, 31, of North Union, must come up with $3,200 in two weeks or he will spend the next nine months at her Majesty’s Prisons.{{m...
Repeat offender  in Court again
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February 13, 2009
Alister “Tombstone” Smith is back in court again. Smith was on Tuesday, February 10, hauled before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on three cou...
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February 13, 2009
Veron Medica ,of Georgetown, was charged on Monday, February 9, at the Serious Offences Court for causing the death of Lennox Lawrence by reckless dri...
Western Union robbers sentenced
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February 13, 2009
Three of the four accused who pleaded guilty to robbing Western Union in Bequia last year were sentenced on Tuesday at the High Court.{{more}} Grenadi...
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February 6, 2009
Viclene Matthews 06.FEB.09 Three Grenadian Nationals were giving marching orders on Tuesday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court to return to their c...
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February 6, 2009
A Chateaubelair father is wondering why his 12-year-old daughter is being put through the criminal system over a fight that occurred between herself a...
Lavia fined $5000 for cannabis possession
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February 6, 2009
Viclene Matthews 06.FEB.09 Senior Magistrate Donald Browne fined Levi Lavia $5000 forthwith or two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty on Tuesd...
Murder convict appeals
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February 6, 2009
Murder convict David Roberts will have to wait until the next sitting of the Court of Appeal to have his case heard.{{more}} Appearing on Monday, Janu...
Belle found guilty of J’ouvert shooting
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February 6, 2009
Jariel Belle was found guilty earlier this week at the High Court on a wounding with intent charge.{{more}} On Tuesday this week, after nearly three h...
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January 30, 2009
Jam making and asthma were the excuses brought before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Monday, January 26, when two persons, among others, were c...
Child abductor gets  9 months off jail time
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January 30, 2009
After admitting that he has a problem and needs professional psychiatric help, nine months of Myron Brazel’s four-year prison sentence was shaved of...
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January 30, 2009
Senior Magistrate Donald Brown commended the police on the execution of their job in light of several drug possession charges brought to his court on ...
Soufriere drug raid, 5 arrested
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January 30, 2009
An early morning raid of the Soufriere Hills by police last Sunday, January 25th, resulted in five men being arrested and a large quantity of marijuan...