From the Courts
August 29, 2008
Collie Lowman, a farmer, of Chapmans Village, was released on $12,000 bail on Monday at the Serious Offences Court after pleading not guilty to having...
From the Courts
August 29, 2008
Yet another youngster has been sent to prison for gun and ammunition possession. Gun toting Kimmarley Douglas, on Monday at the Serious Offences Court...
From the Courts
August 29, 2008
After being clubbed over the head with an electric tire pump by a 19-year-old man, Vice President of the Chamber Of Industry Commerce Andrew Woodroffe...
From the Courts
August 22, 2008
Two men who were jointly charged with gun possession were each granted bail on Monday at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} Andre Adams, 42, mechanic...
From the Courts
August 22, 2008
Pistol packing Devon Ashton (at right) was sentenced to two and a half years at Her Majestyâs Prison on Wednesday.{{more}} Ashton, 19, of Campden Pa...
From the Courts
August 22, 2008
A 22-year-old mother of three was on Wednesday slapped with a fine of $14,000 after pleading guilty to possession of over 34 pounds (15,0000 grams) of...
From the Courts
August 22, 2008
A young woman who has alleged brutality at the hands of the police is clarifying statements about the incident published in the SEARCHLIGHT in June th...
From the Courts
August 22, 2008
Set up? He pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud in Barbados two Fridays ago. Now, after being reprimanded and discharged, Maxton Joseph wants to clear ...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
The repeated requests for adjournments by the prosecution in drug related matters is annoying Chief Magistrate Sonya Young. {{more}} On Wednesday, You...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 A Vincentian labourer and a Barbadian tiler were remanded to the Her Majestyâs Prisons Dodds in Barbados last week Wednesday on drug charg...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 The one night that Vincentian Ozmar Lorenzo Samson spent in prison was extended for a further month when he appeared in the Bridgetown Barba...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
Almost every week one can guarantee that someone will appear before Chief Magistrate Sonya Young on a gun and ammunition charge.{{more}} So on Wednesd...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
A Vincentian who used a purloined credit card to get himself a night at a five-star hotel in Barbados is now sleeping in his own bed in St. Vincent af...
From the Courts
August 15, 2008
A Georgetown man was remanded to Her Majestyâs Prison on Monday after he appeared at the Serious Offences Court before Chief Magistrate Sonya Young ...
From the Courts
August 8, 2008
Ricky Gordon, a mechanic of Vermont, was on Tuesday fined $550 for being in possession of 322 grams of cannabis on August 1st.{{more}} Chief Magistrat...
From the Courts
August 8, 2008
A 68-year-old man of Canouan was on Tuesday released on $40,000 bail after appearing at the Serious Offences Court on gun, ammunition and marijuana ch...
From the Courts
August 8, 2008
Time is swiftly running out for Calville Harry who has one week to pay a $1600 fine, or he will spend nine months behind bars.{{more}} The 25-year-old...
From the Courts
August 8, 2008
St Lucian Feron Leon will have to wait until January 15 next year before his drug possession case gets underway.{{more}} Leon, 33, was arrested and ch...
From the Courts
August 8, 2008
The presence of guns in this country seems to be growing considerably. On Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court, four persons were hauled before Chief...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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 defendantâs box and the tears...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
July 31, 2008
Carlo âBondoâ Free walked away from the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday and left all his legal troubles there.{{more}} Free, 28, a farmer of Sio...
From the Courts
July 31, 2008
Today should be the day that Cassian Lyttle tastes freedom again after spending just one week at Her Majestyâs Prison.{{more}} Lyttle, 28 of Redempt...
From the Courts
July 31, 2008
Keithus Henville, 17, labourer of Barrouallie is now on remand at Her Majestyâs Prison after allegedly shooting a man in his eye and arm on July 22 ...
From the Courts
July 31, 2008
It would grieve any motherâs heart to see her child go to prison. Well, not exactly.{{more}} A mother, on Monday at the Serious Offences Court, lite...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
July 25, 2008
A Grenadian national who has been living here illegally for the past four years was on Tuesday fined $400 for possession of ammunition and $375 for ma...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
July 25, 2008
Two men were granted $10,000 bail each after they were charged with committing a gross act of indecency.{{more}} Garnet Blutcher, 38, of Sion Hill, an...
From the Courts
July 25, 2008
Once again, another young man saw it fit to equip himself with a weapon to protect himself from the âMurdervilleâ gang in Campden Park.{{more}} Ty...
From the Courts
July 25, 2008
Fitz-Allan âWizzyâ Bramble was sentenced to five years imprisonment after awaiting sentencing on a robbery matter which occurred at Redemption Sha...
From the Courts
July 18, 2008
Defense attorney Ronald Marks believes that the police have âabsolutely no caseâ against his clients who are facing gun and ammunition possession ...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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}...
From the Courts
July 11, 2008
Additional charges were laid this week against Conrad Luis Antrobus, 32, and Carlos Ryan, 38, both of Villa, who had been arrested and charged with po...
From the Courts
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...
From the Courts
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 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...
