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Mother of six gets three years
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August 17, 2007
Not even the fact that she is the mother of six children was enough to save Kashorn John of Campden Park from going to jail for three years for having...
Park Hill burglar to spend 2 years in jail
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August 17, 2007
Melvin Samuel, a 30-year-old labourer of Park Hill will have to spend the next two years behind bars after pleading guilty to three charges of burglar...
Prison bell tolls for 19-year-old gunman
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August 17, 2007
Jariel Belle, a 19-year-old labourer of Cane Hall will have to spend the next six years behind bars after pleading guilty to having in his possession ...
Nurse charged for counterfeit
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August 17, 2007
Lystra Smart, a registered nurse from Georgetown has been charged with having in her possession counterfeit US$1,000. Smart appeared at the Serious Of...
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August 10, 2007
If Nathaniel “Baggy” Pitt is convicted of any criminal offence within the next two years, he faces a prison sentence of 27 months.{{more}} Pitt pl...
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August 10, 2007
The cries that emanated from the mouths of family members of Dwayne Richards could not save him from going to prison for the next two and a half years...
Robertson pleads not guilty to gun, ammo charge
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August 10, 2007
Kenroy Robertson a businessman of Green Hill was remanded to her Majesty’s Prison after being charged with having in his possession one Bryco .38 se...
Bajan fugitive suspected of murdering Vincy
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August 10, 2007
Five months after 22-year-old labourer, Sean Baptiste died from a single gunshot wound to the left side of his chest, police have finally nabbed the m...
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August 3, 2007
After being deported from Canada in January this year, Verron Bowman’s mounting frustration at not being able to go back to Canada saw him trying to...
Blackette cleared of “Killa Loop’s” murder
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August 3, 2007
The investigation into the murder of Kenford “Killa Loop” Samuel continues. This time, the police are in search of a different suspect.{{more}} Ia...
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July 27, 2007
A 21 year-old fisherman of Paget Farm Bequia was on July 18 sentenced to 10 years behind bars for manslaughter.{{more}} Kemon Cozier pleaded guilty to...
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July 27, 2007
David Roberts will have to wait until the next sitting of the Criminal Assizes in September before he knows his fate.{{more}} Roberts was convicted on...
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July 27, 2007
Ricardo McFee is now into the fourth day of his four-year prison sentence on a charge of wounding with intent. McFee was convicted for shooting Steffo...
Churaman hands down her longest sentence
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July 27, 2007
Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman created some personal history last week when she handed down her longest prison sentence since she has been on the be...
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July 20, 2007
A police officer of Georgetown has been arrested and charged with four counts of motor vehicle violations.{{more}} Keith Andrews of Mount Bentick, 26,...
Richardson charge reduced
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July 20, 2007
Instead of answering a murder charge, Flavia Richardson will now be tried at the High Court on a count of manslaughter.{{more}} Richardson, had been c...
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July 20, 2007
A man who was sentenced to two and a half years in prison last Wednesday for marijuana possession must now be really upset that American Natalie Gomez...
Walvaroo man charged with arson
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July 20, 2007
Moments after appearing at the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, Dillon Lewis posed for the cameras and pumped his fists in the air after Chief Magis...
Labourer gets eight for manslaughter
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July 20, 2007
A young man who said he did not want to waste the court’s time and had been in prison too long awaiting his trial, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on...
Primus called to the Bar
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July 20, 2007
Hudson Fitzgerald Primus is the most recent person to be admitted to the local Bar. Primus was admitted to practice law here on Monday by High Court J...
Three years for ammo, gun possession
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July 6, 2007
Pleading guilty to a gun possession charge, David Williams now has a new home for the next three years.{{more}} Williams, 50, of Cane Grove was arrest...
Contractor found guilty of murder
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July 6, 2007
Recent murder convict Edson Maloney has to wait a little while longer to know his fate.{{more}} Maloney, 29, a contractor of Richland Park, was convic...
Cummings case to be heard next week
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July 6, 2007
Lawyers for Senator Daniel Cummings are pushing for the case against the outspoken opposition Senator to be struck out, accusing the prosecution of pl...
Jomo Thomas called to the Bar
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July 6, 2007
On Monday at the High Court in Kingstown, one of this country’s nation builders was admitted to the local bar to practice law by Justice Frederick B...
Rapists get 20 years
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July 6, 2007
Two of four youngsters who carved an ugly scar on this country’s tourism sector will spend the next 20 years behind bars for rape. Junior Morgan, 19...
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June 29, 2007
Lawrence “Spanish” Gill, 52 of Paul’s Avenue is out on $2500 but his girlfriend was not so lucky.{{more}} Last week Tuesday at the Serious Offen...
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June 29, 2007
Marvin Gill and Kenrick Glasgow, two labourers of Lowmans Leeward and Kelbourney respectively are on remand at her Majesty’s Prison for a robbery ch...
Public concerned about Carnival violence
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June 29, 2007
The shooting death of Odinga Collins last Saturday has brought into focus a trend that seems to be growing, and which seems to be breeding fear in per...
Gilkes sentenced to 7 years for manslaughter
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June 29, 2007
By the time she finishes serving her prison sentence she would be 30 years old, but the memories of September 30, 2006 would live on.{{more}} Last Fri...
Convicted murderer to know his fate
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June 22, 2007
It was described as a “sick” murder. Now the man, David Roberts, 27, of Murray’s Village who was charged for the Friday, May 13, 2005 murder of ...
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June 15, 2007
“You showed no mercy, you launched a most savage attack on this woman.” These were the words uttered by Justice Gertel Thom on Tuesday at the High...
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June 15, 2007
It’s either $150 or spend seven days at her Majesty’s Prison. That was the choice given to Noel Charles by Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman at the...
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June 15, 2007
When the Criminal Assizes continued on Wednesday at the High Court in Kingstown, it was Edson Maloney’s turn to answer charges brought against him.{...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 The June 5th assizes started off with stern words from Justice Fredrick Bruce- Lyle: “We’re about to embark on a very serious two month...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 The June Assizes opened at the High Court in Kingstown on Tuesday with an unprecedented list of 120 cases slated to come before High Court ...
Guyanese caught with Vincentian passport
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Gerald Whittington, a 34 year old Guyanese was sentenced to two and half year’s imprisonment after he pleaded guilty on Wednesday at the ...
Leacock shoots son over dog
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Two weeks ago this nation was thrown into a state of shock when a father shot his two daughters, killing one and injuring the other before ...
‘Cribbit’ shot again!
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June 8, 2007
Details surrounding another shooting incident in Kingstown in which a young man was injured are still sketchy. On Monday evening gunshots erupted in t...