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October 20, 2006
It is often said that conflict between persons can always be settled in a civilized manner no matter the gravity of the offence. And on Wednesday a si...
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October 20, 2006
Members of Rapid Response Unit (RRU) are working tirelessly to make sure that illegal drugs are swept off the streets of St Vincent and the Grenadines...
Gibson handed 5-year sentence
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October 20, 2006
Just A week after being brought to the Serious Crimes Court for the murder of Lakita Duke, Ali Gibson found himself in familiar territory at the hands...
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October 20, 2006
When the sedition charge against Orden Graham came up for hearing Monday it was postponed because the Acting Director of Public Prosecution Colin Will...
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October 13, 2006
Adriana James was reduced to tears after she was sentenced to pay $400 in one week for marijuana possession or spend three weeks behind bars. James, a...
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October 13, 2006
A simple adjournment discussion generated some heat in the Serious Offences Court in the ammunition case involving businessman and promoter Theophilus...
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October 6, 2006
An Italian chef was on Monday nabbed at the E T Joshua Airport for having four grams of cannabis in his possession. Tiziano Mita, 27, chef, had to pay...
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October 6, 2006
Tuesday October 3, marked the official start of the October Criminal Assizes at the High Court in capital Kingstown and a total of forty-two cases are...
Narco head apologises for pile up
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October 6, 2006
The top drug cop has apologized to the court for the recent hitches caused to the administration of justice by the delays of test results of drug samp...
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September 22, 2006
Judges, barristers, and police officers all gathered at the Catholic Church last Monday morning for an Ecumenical service to officially kick of the st...
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September 22, 2006
Five Grenadians are on remand at Her Majesty's Prison facing cocaine and marijuana charges while a Vincentian has been released on bail. {{more}} Bene...
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September 22, 2006
Jamar George, 23, labourer of Campden Park was fined $100 to be paid forthwith or spend 48 hours at her Majesty's Prison for having seven grams of can...
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September 15, 2006
Kurt Williams will know his fate on December 14, 2006 on charges of cultivating three plants of cannabis at Cane Garden. Williams, a labourer of Sion ...
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September 15, 2006
Businessman and promoter Theophilus "Benjie" Cottle was released on $10,000 bail Monday. Cottle was jointly charged with wife, Janice, for having 31 r...
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September 15, 2006
The prosecution has been given until October 10 to produce evidence against Jamaican Egbert Lewis who is charged with possession of cocaine. When the ...
Magistrate recuses herself in Jackson case
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September 15, 2006
Acting Chief Magistrate Sharda Sinanan-Bollers emphatically disagreed with the notion that presiding over the Glen Jackson murder preliminary inquiry ...
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September 8, 2006
Thirty-five-year-old St Lucian national, Ernest St Marthe, has been fined $3 000 for cultivating cannabis with an alternative of three months in jail ...
Canadian woman caught with cocaine
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September 8, 2006
Foreigners often come to these shores to enjoy the beautiful scenery, engage in cultural activities and to have a good time among others. This time ar...
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August 25, 2006
Twenty-one-year-old labourer, Jeslon Lewis of Cedars, has to find $200 in one week or he would spend 21 days at Her Majesty's Prison. Lewis was arrest...
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August 25, 2006
Last Friday, August 18, 2006 the Victoria Park seemed to have been a haven for illegal activities. At a show called "Bubblicicous" held on that same n...
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August 18, 2006
Donovan Parsons, a joiner of Lowmans Leeward appeared at the Magistrate’s Court in Kingstown last Tuesday morning to answer a number of charges. He ...
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August 18, 2006
Spouts of water coming from a window in the ceiling of the House of Assembly where the Magistrate Court is now being held, caused Acting Senior Magist...
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August 18, 2006
Ex-police officer, Mervin Thomas of Sion Hill, found himself on the wrong side of the law last Tuesday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court. Thomas w...
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August 11, 2006
By law, the maximum penalty for gun possession in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is seven years. But last Tuesday morning at the High Court in Kingsto...
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July 7, 2006
Twenty-four-year-old, Godfrey Baptiste, a labourer of Georgetown was remanded to her Majesty's Prison after being slapped with two charges. The young ...
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July 7, 2006
Police are seriously cracking down on persons entering these shores illegally. And last Monday at a hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Kingstown, Mi...
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July 7, 2006
Shalon Williams, a 16 year-old labourer of Campden Park and a member of a gang reportedly called, "Murderville" is now confined to his home from 6 p.m...
Sinanan-Bollers is new acting Chief Magistrate
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July 7, 2006
Sharda Sinanan-Bollers, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, will act as the Chief Magistrate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the months...
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July 7, 2006
Eighteen year-old Keston Francis, a labourer of Barrouallie was fined $750 forthwith for having 101 grams of cannabis in his possession or an alternat...
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July 7, 2006
"Are you a cat thief? You are involved in cat burglary." These were the stern words of Acting Senior Magistrate Donald Browne at the Kingstown Magistr...
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June 30, 2006
The case involving Lawyer Bertram Stapleton, Nigerian Kenneth Joof and Dexter Michael of Chateaubelair was dismissed when the trial resumed last Monda...
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June 23, 2006
Otnel Lavia, a 23 year-old labourer of Petit Bordel was given a nine-month prison sentence for being in possession of 13,393 grams of cannabis with in...
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June 23, 2006
Philmore 'Turtle' Ralph was fined $300 for committing an act of deception on September 7, 2005. Last Monday at the Magistrate Court in Kingstown, Ralp...
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June 23, 2006
Case involving Lawyer Bertram Stapleton, Dexter Michael and Kenneth Joof resumed last Tuesday at the Magistrate’s Court in Kingstown. The three men ...
Four charged for Sharpes robberies
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June 23, 2006
When armed robbers hit Wendell Antrobus' bakery at Redemption Sharpes last Saturday night, two days after robbing another bakery owned by his brother ...
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June 16, 2006
Garfield “Bruno” Nero, a labourer of Campden Park, appearing at the High Court in Kingstown on Wednesday on a charge of unlawful and malicious wou...
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June 16, 2006
Mike Jack, a 17 year-old labourer was charged $150 to be paid by June 16 or he would in default, spend six weeks at her Majesty’s Prison. Jack was c...
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June 16, 2006
Seven Venezuelans were detained at her Majesty’s Prison until they are deported from these shores. Last Monday, the men appeared before Senior Magis...