From the Courts
January 16, 2009
Marijuana has now replaced money as a form of legal tender, or so it seems.{{more}} Esmond Lewis, 38, a labourer of New Chapmans Village, was fined $2...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
It was a case of reversed roles at the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, as a pair of fathers shed tears for their teenage sons who were facing jail ...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
The preliminary inquiry into the death of 18-month-old Jaden Commissiong continued this week, with evidence given by a number of officials for the pro...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
On Monday at the Serious Offences Court, Johnney Andy Corridon, a 24-year -old labourer of Edinboro was fined $500 forthwith after he pleaded guilty t...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
High Court Judge Justice Gertel Thom has asked prison authorities to see that double accused murderer Paul Spence receive medical treatment after he c...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
Even though Brian Samuel told the court he had no knowledge of a gun police found at his home, that, however, did not stop from him pleading guilty to...
From the Courts
January 16, 2009
Over 60 cases, including 15 murder matters, are down for hearing at the January Criminal Assizes, which began on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Hig...
From the Courts
January 9, 2009
Chief Magistrate Sonya is perplexed by the number of young men who have been finding illegal firearms around St Vincent and the Grenadines. âIt seem...
From the Courts
January 9, 2009
Twenty-seven-year-old pregnant Chateaubelair resident Kenlyn Scotland has one month to come up with $350. Failure to do so would result in her spendin...
From the Courts
January 9, 2009
A 20-year-old man of Gomea who on Tuesday was remanded to her Majestyâs Prison on gun charges will have to wait until March 30, 2009, for the Prelim...
From the Courts
January 9, 2009
A Trinidadian national will reappear at the Serious Offences Court today for sentencing on a cocaine charge.{{more}} Phillip Girod, 27, Mason, of Trin...
From the Courts
January 9, 2009
Twelve days after a motor vehicle accident claimed the life of 19-year-old Layou resident Carlos George, the driver of the vehicle in which he was tra...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
Four witnesses have already given evidence in the Preliminary Inquiry in a shooting incident that occurred at Argyle on January 12, 2008.{{more}} Amon...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
A 22-year-old man who was reprimanded and discharged for using indecent language at a police officer was made to apologise in court on Tuesday by Seni...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing sixty packs of Laundry detergent begged Senior Magistrate Donald Browne not to send him to prison because he was ...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
The second accused man in the matter of the December 15th attempted robbery of a National Lotteries Authority employee had his day in court on Tuesday...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
Bernard Smith, a labourer of New Montrose ,will reappear in court on January 29, 2009, to answer to a rape charge.{{more}} Smith appeared at the Kings...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
A 16-year-old youngster has been arrested and charged for having in his possession an unlicensed firearm.{{more}} On Monday, December 22, 2008, Queenâ...
From the Courts
January 2, 2009
The Preliminary Inquiry into the death of Edgerton Richards Jr began on Monday, December 22, 2008, at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} The Prosecut...
From the Courts
December 23, 2008
Deciding to show leniency, but at the same time send a stern warning to would be murderers, High Court Judge His Lordship Frederick Bruce-Lyle imposed...
From the Courts
December 19, 2008
Layou resident Fitzroy Welcome has to report to the Layou Police station on Mondays and Fridays between 6am and 6pm. This was the condition under whic...
From the Courts
December 19, 2008
Sub-Lieutenant Sheldon Norville Mitchell, a Bajan Coastguard Officer, and four Vincentians were nabbed by members of the St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
From the Courts
December 19, 2008
The teen was committed to stand trial for murder on Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court when Magistrate Sonya Young found that there was sufficient ...
From the Courts
December 12, 2008
Stanley Williams will have to dig deep into his pockets to find $4,000 in one month or he will spend the next nine months behind bars.{{more}} Chief M...
From the Courts
December 12, 2008
Nigel Hazelwood will have to answer to a Judge and Jury after Chief Magistrate Sonya Young committed his matter to the High Court following the conclu...
From the Courts
December 12, 2008
The prosecution on Wednesday called six witnesses to give evidence at the Serious Offences Court in the Preliminary Inquiry into the circumstances sur...
From the Courts
December 5, 2008
On Tuesday, at the Serious Offences Court, Chief Magistrate Sonya Young fined Trinidadian National Rodrick George for possession and cultivation of ca...
From the Courts
December 5, 2008
Keldon Miller pleaded not guilty to five charges at the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday.{{more}} The 21-year-old Layou resident was brought before C...
From the Courts
December 5, 2008
A mere three days after being released from Her Majestyâs Prisons, Austin Mc Dowall has been caught on the wrong side of the law again.{{more}} Mc D...
From the Courts
December 5, 2008
Fitz Hughes resident Danroy François has to come up with $ 40,000 or spend the next two and a half years behind bars.{{more}} The 21-year-old appeare...
From the Courts
December 5, 2008
Gregory Allick will spend the next four years of his life in the confines of Her Majesty Prisons, after he pleaded guilty to four charges at Serious O...
From the Courts
November 28, 2008
32-year-old Everett Bynoe, of Belmont, pleaded not guilty on Monday when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court for having in his possession a doub...
From the Courts
November 28, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young on Tuesday handed down a $1,000 fine to 18-year-old Kenroy Durrant at the Serious Offences Court. Failure to pay the fine...
From the Courts
November 28, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young fined Aliston Hackshaw $600 at the Serious Offences Court on Monday for having in his possession 227 grams of cannabis in...
From the Courts
November 28, 2008
Anthony Bowens is already experiencing some punishment for wrong doing. Bowens, 45, of Diamond, who jumped from the window of a three storey building ...
From the Courts
November 28, 2008
On Monday, November 24, 2008, Michael Samuel walked away from the High Court a free man, after a 12-member mixed jury was ordered to return a formal v...
From the Courts
November 21, 2008
Noel Sutherland has two choices: pay a $27,000 fine or go to prison for 18 months.{{more}} Sutherland, 53, of Owia, appeared at the Serious Offences C...
From the Courts
November 21, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young on Tuesday sentenced 40-year-old Clare Valley resident Carlos Franklyn to thirty months in prison after he pleaded guilty...
From the Courts
November 21, 2008
Four prosecution witnesses have already been called in the Georgetown Lotto Booth robbery, which took place on July 21, 2008, in which 20-year-old Des...
From the Courts
November 21, 2008
When Josiah Williams found a gun under some clothes at the beach, his first instinct was not to carry it to the police. Instead, he tried selling it t...
From the Courts
November 21, 2008
The Peter Joseph murder case is slowly coming to its end at the High Court. On Wednesday, November 12, the prosecution led by Duane Daniel closed thei...
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July 22, 2026
An investigation is underway following the discovery of a deceased officer from the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) today...
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July 21, 2026
OPPOSITION LEADER Dr.Ralph Gonsalves has suggested that the government subsidize minibus drivers while gradually increasing retail pump prices in resp...
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July 21, 2026
The Republic of China (Taiwan) hosted a special screening of the documentary ‘A Chip Odyssey’ at the Russell’s Cinema in Kingstown on Thursday, July 1...
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July 21, 2026
SOME 35 YOUNG PEOPLE between 14 and 18 years of age on Monday, July 13, 2026 began a four week training programme being undertaken by the St.Vincent a...
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July 21, 2026
I HAVE PREVIOUSLY expressed the view that it would not be reasonable for Vincentians to expect that the new government would be able to correct in six...
