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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...
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June 1, 2007
At least one person in the legal profession is sounding his voice on the drug culture and its impact on this country. On Monday at the Magistrate’s ...
Lucian man charged with cannabis possession
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June 1, 2007
A St Lucian citizen will on June 14 know his fate when he appears at the Serious Offences Court to answer drug possession charges. {{more}} Moses Char...
Family left to mourn as man commits suicide
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June 1, 2007
He read his Bible, lay down with his girlfriend a while, got up, went for a walk, ended up in a nearby plantain field, drank a poisonous substance and...
‘Bondo’ caught in Grenada
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May 25, 2007
Police authorities in Grenada have turned over a man into local police custody after he had been on the run from police since 2006 on a murder charge....
QC Sylvester’s career hangs in the balance
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May 25, 2007
Othneil Sylvester QC is expected to learn next Tuesday May 29th if he will be suspended or struck off the roll of OECS Barristers and Solicitors.{{mor...
My version of the Esther Rawlins affair
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 I am asking that my version of the ESTHER RAWLINS affair be published to counteract a one sided interview that was given to the girl Esther ...
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May 18, 2007
Desmond Browne, a 30 year-old labourer of Largo Heights has a new residence for the next three years. Browne was sentenced to three years in prison by...
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May 18, 2007
Asline Thomas, mother of five, has until June 29 to pay a fine of $750 for cannabis possession. The Diamond resident appeared on Monday at the Serious...