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Blackout sparks prisoner outburst
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June 6, 2008
All hell nearly broke loose at the Serious Offences Court on Monday morning during the short power outage in Kingstown.{{more}} In the middle of a Pre...
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June 6, 2008
A main witness to a triple murder case has been charged with perjury.{{more}} The prosecution in the matter concerning murder accused Rodney Roberts a...
Duo to stand trial for murder
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June 6, 2008
After a tiring Preliminary Inquiry that nearly lasted a month, murder accused Rodney Roberts and Jason Henry were committed to stand trial in the High...
Arrested for murder
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June 6, 2008
Agiea Nigel Hazelwood, a labourer of Layou was arrested and charged in connection with the May 21 murder of Rayford Browne, 26, of Carierre.{{more}} T...
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June 6, 2008
Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Williams thinks that Fitz-Allen “Wizzy” Bramble is much safer at Her Majesty’s Prison.{{more}} Williams’...
Manager charged with deception
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June 6, 2008
Deputy Manager of the Housing and Land Development Corporation, Sandra John has been charged with deception.{{more}} The 46-year-old Redemption Sharpe...
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June 6, 2008
Tuesday June 3, 2008 signaled the official start to the Criminal Assizes at the High Court in Kingstown. A total of 55 cases are down for hearing incl...
Police murder trial commences
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June 6, 2008
One of the most highly anticipated cases of the Criminal Assizes got underway on Wednesday June 4, 2008 at the High Court in Kingstown.{{more}} Accuse...
Family faces gun & ammo charges
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June 6, 2008
A 68-year-woman along with six other persons was brought before the Serious Offences Court on gun and ammunition possession charges.{{more}} Ermine Th...
Teen on manslaughter charge
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May 30, 2008
While one 17-year-old sits at Her Majesty’s Prison awaiting the Preliminary Inquiry into his murder charge, another will be awaiting trial in the Hi...
Vincy fugitive caught
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May 30, 2008
Jeremy Riley, who had been reported by Searchlight on May 9 to have absconded the jurisdiction while out of jail on bail, was nabbed in Martinique ear...
Charged with murder
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May 30, 2008
Kamara Richards, a 24-year-old labourer, of Old Montrose, was arrested and charged with the murder of Shaun “Meagie” Williams on May 17, 2008.{{mo...
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May 30, 2008
Everyone deserves a second chance in life, and that’s exactly what Dwayne Jacobs got. {{more}} Jacobs, 18, of Ottley Hall, was released on a burglar...
‘Tombstone’ in court again
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May 30, 2008
Last year he vowed not to return to court. He even said that he wanted to change his ways and that prison wasn’t for him. But last week Thursday saw...
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May 23, 2008
A week after a teenager was brought before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on a double rape charge, another teen was charged with rape on Monday th...
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May 23, 2008
Pig Farmer Hezekiah Fraser has seven days to find $1500 or he risks going to prison for the next 15 months.{{more}} Fraser, 20, of Kingstown, pleaded ...
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May 23, 2008
Very few cases come before the law courts in St Vincent and the Grenadines where a woman is charged with wounding a man.{{more}} On Monday at the King...
Pirate given 3 years
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May 23, 2008
Lawson Pierre will not have to worry about his picture being taken by the media for the next three years, as he would be safely protected behind the w...
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May 23, 2008
A Guyanese national was on Monday deported to her native land by Senior Magistrate Donald Brown after she appeared before him at the Kingstown Magistr...
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May 16, 2008
He may be illiterate, but Andy Providence knew how to plead not guilty to having 5.5 pounds(2497 grams) of cannabis and guilty to having 166 grams of ...
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May 16, 2008
St Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded its 12th homicide for the year. Dead is 30-year-old Jason Charles, of Redemption Sharpes, who met his death...
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May 16, 2008
Alex Archibald, a 19-year-old man from Yambou, was on Tuesday brought before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on two counts of rape. He was released...
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May 16, 2008
Wilmore Goodgie, 34, a labourer of Questelles, was remanded in custody on Tuesday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court after he was charged with unla...
Jamaican held for Queen’s Drive murder
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May 16, 2008
A 23-year-old man who gave his address as Clarendon, Jamaica, was on Tuesday brought before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on a murder charge.{{mo...
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May 9, 2008
A 22 year-old labourer of Ottley Hall, is now into the first week of his four-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to an ammunition possession ...
‘Carnival money’ plans put on hold
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May 9, 2008
Kenroy Grant’s plans to make “Carnival money” by selling cannabis will have to be put on hold for the next two years while he serves his sentenc...
‘Stay Cool’ in hot water
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May 9, 2008
Kenliss “Stay Cool” Thomas will be among the many persons down to answer charges at the Criminal Assizes slated for next month at the High Court.{...
Pair on $15k bail for gun and ammo charges
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May 9, 2008
Meldine Nicholls, a domestic of Keartons, Barrouallie, and Roger Thomas, also of the same address, were released on $15,000 bail each after pleading n...
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May 9, 2008
The warning given by Wilfred Durant to his son not to plant marijuana in a certain area fell on deaf ears. And as a result, Durant ended up having to ...
Woman’s car seized as defendant absconds
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May 9, 2008
Roxanne Brudy experienced a living nightmare on Monday at the Serious Offences Court when she had her Toyota Corolla impounded. She has been given one...
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May 2, 2008
A Barbadian national was on Wednesday given his marching orders by Chief Magistrate Sonya Young, with instructions to return to his country, after he ...
Brothers walk free
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May 2, 2008
Two brothers walked free from the Serious Offences Court last week Thursday when the prosecution discontinued their case in a murder matter that was l...
Father and son on murder charge
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May 2, 2008
A father and his son are now on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison on a murder charge.{{more}} Alban “Indian” Thomas, 65, Shopowner, of Keartons, Ba...
Family facing gun & ammo charges
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May 2, 2008
A joint raid carried out by the Drug Squad and members of the Rapid Response Unit on Friday, 25th April, in Redemption Sharpes, found over 94 rounds o...
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April 25, 2008
The population at Her Majesty’s Prison now stands at 380. A report read by Chief Prison Officer Brendan Charles at the end of the criminal assizes o...
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April 25, 2008
Two men will call Her Majesty’s Prison home for the next two years after being sentenced on a drug possession charge.{{more}} Ivan Sylvester, 42, fa...
AIDS victim jailed
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April 25, 2008
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young sentenced David Deane, a labourer of Georgetown, to eight months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a burglary charg...
Guyanese on remand
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April 25, 2008
A Guyanese woman, who came here on vacation and was expected to leave these shores yesterday, is now on remand at this country’s female penitentiary...
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April 25, 2008
Michael Gibson’s address for the next three years will read: Her Majesty’s Prison!{{more}} Gibson, 42, a farmer of Orange Grove was arrested and c...
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April 25, 2008
The jurors were definitely the superstars of the day as they came in for high praises from the Director of Public Prosecutions and others for their co...
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April 25, 2008
That word brought sighs of relief and half-smiles to the faces of the Burgin family on Monday at the High Court, after the man who had been charged wi...
‘Youth-I’ to stand trial
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April 25, 2008
Come the June assizes, Donny “Youth-I” Williams’ name will be on the list to stand trial in the High Court.{{more}} On Monday at the Serious Off...