From the Courts
November 16, 2007
An act of desperation cost a Peruvian Vale woman $60 at the Kingstown Magistrate Court on Monday.{{more}} Sherika Allen, 23, pleaded guilty to damagin...
From the Courts
November 16, 2007
After she was dismissed on a joint marijuana charge on Monday at the Kingstown Magistrates Court, Gale Clarke thought her troubles were over.{{more}} ...
From the Courts
November 16, 2007
The streaming tears that rolled down the cheeks of lawyer Bayliss Frederick, were not enough to save his 16-year-old client from going to prison for t...
From the Courts
November 16, 2007
Acquitted on September 11, 2007 of murder, 23-year-old Redemption Sharpes resident, Fitz-Allan âWizzyâ Bramble was again acquitted on Tuesday, thi...
From the Courts
November 9, 2007
Leon DeGrads has until the end of January next year to come up with $7,500, or he stands the chance of going to prison for four years.{{more}} DeGrads...
From the Courts
November 9, 2007
âSexual offences have become too prevalent, and the phenomenon has swallowed this society.â High Court Judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle shared this view...
From the Courts
November 9, 2007
Charges brought against radio personality Elwardo Lynch have been branded by his lawyer as âa judicial waste of time.â{{more}} Lynch, host of the ...
From the Courts
November 9, 2007
Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyleâs recent call for barristers to lift the bar will be staunchly supported by newly elected President of the Bar Associat...
From the Courts
November 2, 2007
The next ten years of a New Grounds manâs existence will be spent within the confines of Her Majestyâs Prison.{{more}} On October 2, 2007, the 38-...
From the Courts
November 2, 2007
Seven months ago Hazel Ann Roberts insisted that her son Franko âOzoâ Roberts did not commit suicide; last week Monday, seventeen year-old Drexel ...
From the Courts
November 2, 2007
Justice Frederick Bruce Lyle is expecting criticism in relation to his sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to rape on Wednesday at the High Court. ...
From the Courts
November 2, 2007
Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Williams has already forwarded his appeal papers to the magistracy, giving notice that he intends to appeal the ...
From the Courts
November 2, 2007
It is one question that has High Court Judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle baffled. He wants to know what is wrong with young people in this country?{{more}} A...
From the Courts
October 26, 2007
Normally when you climb a mango tree your eyes behold mangoes, but the tree Evander Thomas climbed bore fruit of a different kind - a shotgun. {{more}...
From the Courts
October 26, 2007
The increase of ammunition in this country has made some legal officers call for an alarm to be sounded.{{more}} Senior Magistrate Donald Browne said ...
From the Courts
October 26, 2007
Instead of being given a custodial sentence, retired US Court Clerk Ian Caesar walked away from the Kingstown Magistratesâ Court $20,000 poorer, aft...
From the Courts
October 19, 2007
From this Sunday onwards, Kishorn Jackson must find himself in Church, as part of his one-year bond for breaking into a house and stealing a Sony Play...
From the Courts
October 19, 2007
An estimated $360,000 worth of cocaine was taken off the streets of Kingstown on Monday when police apprehended a man at the Grenadines wharf with 20 ...
From the Courts
October 19, 2007
Fresh blood has been injected into this countryâs legal fraternity. On Friday, October 12, six lawyers were admitted to practice Law at he local bar...
From the Courts
October 19, 2007
Local police have confiscated over 1485 rounds of ammunition.{{more}} The haul was made last Saturday in Kingstown. Ian Caesar, 55, a retired United S...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
The silence in the courtroom was almost deafening on Monday at High Court, but when the jury returned a unanimous decision of guilty on two counts of ...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
Police have arrested three men in connection with the recent burglary of local business place Cell World.{{more}} New Montrose residents Matuba Butler...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
Persons present at the Kingstown Magistratesâ Court last week Friday had puzzled faces when a man who held up another man with a knife was sentenced...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
Just two weeks after it was alleged that local police and Venezuelan fishermen were involved in a shoot-out, killing two Venezuelans, as fate would ha...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
Presiding Judge at the High Court Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle is of the view that society views every killing as a murder. âIt seems like we want t...
From the Courts
October 12, 2007
She said they held her hands and legs and had turns having sex with her, now the men who were convicted on Wednesday at the High Court for raping a 32...
From the Courts
October 5, 2007
The fact that Elan Barbour had a clean criminal record up until October 1, 2007, was taken into consideration when he was given a month to pay a fine ...
From the Courts
October 5, 2007
Standing firm on his promise that he isnât going to tolerate any nonsense in his courtroom, Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle sentenced a fisherman to 14...
From the Courts
October 5, 2007
His sighs could be heard from every corner of the courtroom. Then came the tears. This scene occurred at the High Court on Tuesday, October 2, as a 38...
From the Courts
September 28, 2007
Instead of serving a custodial sentence, 19-year-old Kimron Primus has been placed on a 7pm and 5am curfew for the next four years. Failure to keep hi...
From the Courts
September 28, 2007
A charge on possession of ammunition was withdrawn from four women last week Friday at the Serious Offences Court in Kingstown.{{more}} Kenlyn Clouden...
From the Courts
September 28, 2007
When the judgment was laid down, seven years in prison echoed in Devon Clarkeâs ears.{{more}} Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle handed down the penalty o...
From the Courts
September 28, 2007
Farax Prescott, a 29 year-old labourer of Vermont, has made his mark at the September criminal assizes, being the first person to be sentenced to pris...
From the Courts
September 28, 2007
She only came to these shores for a vacation; who knew that 10 years and numerous magisterial decisions later that former Chief Magistrate Simone Chur...
From the Courts
September 21, 2007
A mother and her three daughters are set to answer a charge of ammunition possession today at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} On Wednesday, when t...
From the Courts
September 21, 2007
Two young men are now sitting at Her Majestyâs Prison waiting on a date to answer two robbery charges at the High Court.{{more}} Jamarie Quashie, 24...
From the Courts
September 21, 2007
For the next three years, Jamal "Cribbit" Finch's address will be Her Majesty's Prisons, instead of Upper Middle Street. Finch was convicted on Friday...
From the Courts
September 14, 2007
Romano Durham, a 19-year-old labourer of Edinboro has placed his mother in an uncomfortable position. The soul breadwinner in his home, he was on Tues...
From the Courts
September 7, 2007
Ansil Allen, a fisherman of Clifton, Union Island, will have to dig up $1000 or spend nine months in prison, after pleading guilty to having in his po...
From the Courts
September 7, 2007
Henry Stone, a fisherman of Bequia, was given 6 months to pay a sum of $1450 or spend 6 months in prison, after pleading guilty to stealing a quantity...
From the Courts
September 7, 2007
âYou look tough and rugged. You mashing up your health and your life. Weed is not going to get you anywhere except jail.â{{more}} These were the w...
From the Courts
September 7, 2007
29-year-old Keron Mayers and 20-year-old Jamal Roberts will spend the next two years behind bars, after they were found guilty of stealing five ram go...
From the Courts
September 7, 2007
âYou are one of the Modern Day Robin Hoods who goes around stealing from the rich to give the poor. When you buy presents for ladies you have to hav...
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June 17, 2025
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June 17, 2025
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