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Bajan fined $15,000 for drug possession
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August 8, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young on Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court slapped a $15,000 fine forthwith on a Barbadian national after he pleaded guilty...
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July 31, 2008
As soon as Meshack Collis set foot in the courtroom, his macho demeanor was obvious, that is until he stepped into the defendant’s box and the tears...
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July 31, 2008
Police think they have made a break through by nabbing a suspect in the recent Lotto Booth robbery in Georgetown.{{more}} Appearing in court on Monday...
Man charged for guns and ammo
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July 31, 2008
A 25-year-old mason of Mt Pleasant was released on $25,000 after appearing on Monday at the Serious Offences Court on gun and ammunition charges.{{mor...
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July 31, 2008
Carlo “Bondo” Free walked away from the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday and left all his legal troubles there.{{more}} Free, 28, a farmer of Sio...
Jailed for escaping
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July 31, 2008
Today should be the day that Cassian Lyttle tastes freedom again after spending just one week at Her Majesty’s Prison.{{more}} Lyttle, 28 of Redempt...
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July 31, 2008
Keithus Henville, 17, labourer of Barrouallie is now on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison after allegedly shooting a man in his eye and arm on July 22 ...
Mother asks for son to go to jail
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July 31, 2008
It would grieve any mother’s heart to see her child go to prison. Well, not exactly.{{more}} A mother, on Monday at the Serious Offences Court, lite...
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July 25, 2008
Two men are now assisting police with their investigations into a daring robbery that took place on Monday this week at the Lotto booth in the Georget...
Williams to stand trial for Ryan’s murder
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July 25, 2008
Dustin Delany is the latest lawyer to be admitted to the local Bar to practice Law here in St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} The ceremony was hel...
Robinson gets two years for discharging firearm
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July 25, 2008
Seconds after he begged the Chief Magistrate to spare him from prison, Uroy Robinson took pleasure in the fact that his worst nightmare was now a real...
Welder fined $2500 for imitation firearm
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July 25, 2008
Once again, another young man saw it fit to equip himself with a weapon to protect himself from the “Murderville” gang in Campden Park.{{more}} Ty...
Wizzy gets five years for robbery
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July 25, 2008
Fitz-Allan “Wizzy” Bramble was sentenced to five years imprisonment after awaiting sentencing on a robbery matter which occurred at Redemption Sha...
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July 18, 2008
Defense attorney Ronald Marks believes that the police have “absolutely no case” against his clients who are facing gun and ammunition possession ...
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July 18, 2008
Both Chief Magistrate Sonia Young and State Prosecutor Station Sergeant Butcher were wondering why Lamont Lyscott was leaning on the walls of Her Maje...
Trinidadian man awaits fate
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July 18, 2008
Trinidadian Gabriel Jason Harper will have to wait until August 4th to know his fate regarding charges of drug possession, illegal entry and the forfe...
Guyanese pleads guilty to drug trafficking
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July 18, 2008
The St.Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard has netted 606 pounds of marijuana during the past two weeks, with a street value of EC$727, 200.{{more}...
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July 11, 2008
On the Wednesday after Carnival, one would tend to see the courtrooms spilling over with persons arrested for different offences committed over the lo...
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July 4, 2008
Gabriel Smart, a 24 year-old labourer of San Souci is now out on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun and ammunition charges at the High Cour...
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July 4, 2008
A week after Terrence Matthews and his common law wife Clotilda Hooper were released on $45,000 bail on gun and ammunition charges, another man has be...
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July 4, 2008
John Raymond, Sabrina Phillips, Orlando Spencer and Aaron Francois were all committed to stand trial in the High Court after the Preliminary Inquiry i...
Bail for 166 lbs of weed
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July 4, 2008
One Pauls Avenue man is out on $55,000 bail, while his co-accused is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison until October 24. Twenty-five year-old Orman ...
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June 27, 2008
A man who escaped police custody and was on the run for three days appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Monday on two criminal charges. Labourer ...
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June 27, 2008
Kenworth Lockhart’s love for his four-year-old child runs deep, so deep that he ended up on the wrong side of the law. Lockhart, 41, a farmer, of Ro...
‘Wizzy’ Bramble pleads guilty
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June 27, 2008
On July 3, Fitz-Allan “Wizzy” Bramble will know his fate when he is to be sentenced on three criminal charges at the High Court. Bramble pleaded g...
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June 27, 2008
Kentish Campbell, a man that caused great humiliation and suffering, will be locked away for the next fifteen years. The 26-year-old farmer of Evesham...
Two years for weed
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June 27, 2008
Police seized over 14 pounds of cannabis on June 18, 2008, and as a result one man is now behind bars serving a two-year sentence.{{more}} Chief Magis...
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June 27, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young made it clear that she had enough of Lawyer Arthur Williams at the Serious Offences Court on Monday, and stated: “Enoug...
Lucians await fate
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June 27, 2008
Today Friday wilL see two St Lucian nationals being sentenced on eight counts of forgery at the Serious Offences Court. George Joseph, 36, and Nicky I...
2 remanded for $1.2 million worth of weed
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June 27, 2008
Following a major drug bust of over 2002 pounds of marijuana by local police last week, two men are now on remand at her Majesty’s Prison awaiting t...
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June 20, 2008
A Petit Bordel man is now out on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a gun possession charge at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday.{{more}}...
Judge orders retrial in Police murder case
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June 20, 2008
The prosecution will have another shot at proving Police Constable 324 Erickson Harris guilty at the next sitting of the Criminal Assizes, as a 12 mem...
Rapist gets 22 years
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June 20, 2008
Her Majesty’s Prison will be home for Clifton Rodney for the next seven years. Rodney, who pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, one count of woundi...
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June 13, 2008
A fifteen year-old girl from Murray’s Village has been released on $20,000 bail on a malicious wounding charge.{{more}} The teen appeared at the Kin...
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June 13, 2008
Friday 13 has traditionally been associated with bad luck, but today, Dudley Rodney will be hoping that the tables will turn in his favour.{{more}} Ro...
Police double-murder case continues
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June 13, 2008
As the trial into the double murders of Vonley Llewellyn and Jennine Gill continues at the High Court, a fierce battle between the defence and prosecu...
Rapist to learn of his fate today
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June 13, 2008
Clifton Rodney, of New Prospect, will know his fate today when he is to be sentenced on two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm and wounding.{{more}}...
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June 6, 2008
As a measure of precaution from a gang, 16-year-old Gareth Baker equipped himself with a knife on Sunday, June 1st, before venturing to Kingstown.{{mo...