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$10k bail for robbery accused
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April 4, 2008
Three men are now out on $10,000 bail each after pleading not guilty to a robbery charge.{{more}} Jorome Clarke, 26, of Dorsetshire Hill, Dorreal Brow...
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April 4, 2008
Prosecutor at the Serious Offences Court Station Sergeant Nigel Butcher has caught sight of an ugly monster that in recent times has been surfacing it...
Duo fail to escape triple murder charge
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April 4, 2008
The last time Rodney Roberts and Jason Henry appeared at the Serious Offences Court, they were hoping that when they re-appeared in court they would h...
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March 28, 2008
Ivan Guy Ragguette, 22, labourer, of Ottley Hall, has been ordered to pay compensation of $2000 for stabbing 16 year-old Junior Nash on February 29, 2...
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March 28, 2008
Sean Williams had better tend a lot more gardens in the next three months to come up with $1600 to avoid going to prison for six months.{{more}} Willi...
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March 28, 2008
Twenty-year-old Kenol Bowens found himself on the wrong side of the law on Tuesday when he was brought before the Serious Offences Court on drug posse...
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March 28, 2008
An Apple Ipod is one of the most sought after electronic devices today, so Kenneth James found it appropriate to steal a quantity of jewelry and excha...
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March 20, 2008
On Monday at the Serious Offences Court, Chief Magistrate Sonya Young fined Michael Jackson, 17, a labourer of Cane Garden $1700, after he pleaded gui...
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March 20, 2008
Four men are now out on $4000 bail each, after pleading not guilty at the Serious Offences Court on Monday to having over six pounds of marijuana in t...
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March 20, 2008
The drunken stupor Ronell Mathurin claimed that he was in when he told the police that he had marijuana at his home must have spilled over into Monday...
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March 20, 2008
Instead of Winston Shallow trying to rid the streets of garbage, he was caught doing the opposite, and for that he was fined $250.{{more}} Shallow, a ...
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March 20, 2008
The time is swiftly approaching for Rexford Alex Coy to come up with $10,000 or he could face 24 months in prison.{{more}} Coy, 22, of Union Island, w...
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March 20, 2008
There was deafening silence on Monday at the Serious Offences Court for Aubrey Wilson, so when Magistrate Sonya Young dismissed a charge of wounding a...
Duo may elude  triple murder charge
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March 20, 2008
When Rodney Roberts and Jason Henry reappear at the Serious Offences Court on April 2, they may well be discharged from a murder charge that has been ...
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March 13, 2008
The dark cloud that has been lingering over Recoldo Samuel’s head for the past two years has finally been removed.{{more}} Samuel, a labourer, of Ki...
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March 13, 2008
Instead of receiving what he called a “small change” for selling marijuana, Deighton Williams received a $450 penalty for marijuana possession.{{m...
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March 13, 2008
April 7, 2008, is the day on which Kellis “Stay Cool” Thomas will know if he has to stand trial in the High Court for causing the death of Shanika...
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March 7, 2008
Canadian National, Delicia Allen is in now into the first week of her one-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.{{more}} Al...
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March 7, 2008
Persons continue to find ingenious methods to conceal illegal drugs. On February 28, 2008, 234 grams of marijuana was found buried in the sand at Sali...
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March 7, 2008
Suggie Thomas is today thanking his lucky stars that he is a father. At the Serious Offences Court on Monday, when he told Magistrate Sonya Young that...
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March 7, 2008
Dale “Jaunders eye” Frederick walked away a free man from the High Court on Tuesday when two important prosecution witnesses failed to turn up for...
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March 7, 2008
The marijuana that Bertram Millington purchased from a man on the street for $50 ended up costing him much more at the Serious Offences Court on Monda...
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March 7, 2008
Richard Phillips, a 46-year-old Water Taxi operator will now have to double his efforts on the waters, as he has to come up $1400 in one month or he w...
Barbadian fugitive charged with murder
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March 7, 2008
He wasn’t equipped with legal texts or any of the technical jargon used by barristers. Nevertheless Anderson “Bounty” Williams had his pen, pape...
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February 22, 2008
Four men from Calder and Lowmans Windward are now out on bail after pleading not guilty to possessing 751 grams of cannabis with intent to supply.{{mo...
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February 22, 2008
A month after he was released from a five year prison sentence for wounding with intent, Maxwell Cupid found himself on the wrong side of the law once...
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February 22, 2008
It apparently never dawned on Andrew John that he had four children to maintain until he was in front Chief Magistrate Sonya Young facing a drug charg...
Trio placed on bond after robbing Fragrances
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February 22, 2008
Three young men who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Williams Agencies and Fragrances between February 16 and 17, 2008, received suspended pris...
Ballantyne gets a year for gun possession
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February 22, 2008
16-year-old Nelson Ballantyne got away with what some may consider to be a slap on the wrist when he was sentenced to one year in prison for gun posse...
Acting CJ Sir Brian Alleyne retires
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February 15, 2008
It was a sad day for Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court when one of their stalwarts sat on the bench for the last time.{{more}} The Honourable Chief Just...
Civil servant slapped with 130 charges
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February 15, 2008
History was created on Tuesday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court when over 130 charges were slapped on one person, making it the greatest number e...
Justice Bruce-Lyle issues stern warning
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February 15, 2008
At the commencement of the Voir Dire (trial within a trial) hearing last Thursday, Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle issued a stern warning to the lawyers ...
Sailor charge with homicide
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February 15, 2008
This country has recorded its third homicide. Dead is two-year-old Kelroy Williams of Mesopotamia who died from multiple lacerations to his lung and l...
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February 8, 2008
Kazambe Miguel, a worker in the Ministry of Agriculture, was fined $350 for cultivating two cannabis plants.{{more}} The dreadlocked man pleaded guilt...
Thomas ordered to pay compensation
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February 8, 2008
After spending two weeks at the Mental Hospital undergoing observation, Shawn Thomas was deemed mentally fit to return to the Serious Offences Court o...
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February 8, 2008
Another illegal immigrant has been nabbed by police. The latest person is 24-year-old Shimron Bain, who was sent packing back to Grenada after he was ...
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February 8, 2008
Nearly ten years has elapsed since Mary Pompey last had a brush with the law; her good record was ruined on Tuesday.{{more}} Pompey, 58, a shopkeeper ...
Ballantyne awaits his fate
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February 8, 2008
Sixteen year-old Nelson Ballantyne will know his fate on February 19, when he is to be sentenced for gun possession.{{more}} The Sandy Bay resident pl...
Patrice Roberts called to the Bar
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February 8, 2008
The latest addition to the roll of barristers in this country is Patrice Agatha Roberts-Samuel, who was on Friday, 1st February, presented to the Bar ...
Maloney gets 12 years for murder
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February 8, 2008
The next twelve years of Edson Maloney’s life will be spent at Her Majesty’s Prison.{{more}} Maloney, 30, a contractor of Richland Park, was sente...
Browne gets 10 years for wounding with intent
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February 1, 2008
An act of stupidity by a man that left one woman literally looking at the world through one eye ended up costing him 10 years of his freedom on Monday...
Samuel gets two years for gun, ammo possession
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February 1, 2008
Twenty-seven-year old Oscar Samuel is the latest person to be sent to prison for gun and ammunition possession.{{more}} Samuel, 27, of Gibson Corner, ...