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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...
Prosecution going for the murder trail
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June 9, 2006
Selwyn Kashie Foye's name comes up twice on the list for the June Assizes, with one of the charges being that of murder. That is relation to the death...
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June 9, 2006
Aldin Phillips, one of three men charged with robbery, called for a "speedy trial" at the opening of last Tuesday's Criminal Assizes. Phillips, Elvon ...
Criminal sentenced to 154 years in jail
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June 9, 2006
Guilty was the recurring reply that 31-year-old Lennox Phillips gave to Justice Frederick Bruce Lyle at the High Court in the Kingstown last Wednesday...
Three to answer murder charge
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June 9, 2006
If there is time, the trial of three men on a charge of murder may arouse some interest in the June Assizes. There may be intrigue surrounding the tri...
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June 2, 2006
Enos Browne, a 32-year-old Lowmans Windward resident will appear in court on July 26, to answer a charge of murder. The accused was charged with murde...
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June 2, 2006
For his dishonesty to the court, A 13-year-old boy of Largo Heights was sentenced to receive six lashes with a cane. When the boy appeared before Seni...
Case dismissed!
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May 26, 2006
Desmond May, a seaman of Diamonds, breathed a sigh of relief last Tuesday when a charge of unlawfully wounding was dismissed by Magistrate Donald Brow...
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May 19, 2006
When the next Assizes opens on June 6, some 39 cases are slated for hearing. Grenadian born Sheldon "Dutch" Bain, as well as Vincentians Webster Woodl...
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May 12, 2006
Ekron Jackson, a labourer of Rillan Hill, was given until May 19, 2006 to fork over $200 or in default, spend a maximum of 14 days at Her Majesty's Pr...
Richland Park man on murder charge
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May 12, 2006
Ralford Ranger, a 45-year-old man of Richland Park, has been formally charged with the murder of 35-year-old Codville Nedd, a farmer of the same addre...
Glen man jailed for marijuana
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May 5, 2006
A young man of Glen has learnt that he cannot out-swim a speedboat, and Union Island police are singing the praises of two security guards from Mayrea...
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April 28, 2006
Roger Bramble,17, of Sion Hill, appeared in court on a charge of robbery. The accused was charged with robbing Minibus HL703 on March 9, 2006, at arou...
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April 28, 2006
Alton Citroy Collis Neverson a labourer of Vermont had to pay $150 for possession of twenty-nine grams of cannabis at the Serious Crimes Offences cour...
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April 28, 2006
June 30, 2006 is a date that Noel Foye should never forget. Foye, a labourer of Chauncey was fined $10,000 last Monday morning at the Serious Offences...
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April 21, 2006
A Trinidad and Tobago citizen, name given as Brian Joseph was sent back home last Friday. He was one of two persons picked up as a result of a raid by...
Williams, Churaman in verbal court clash
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April 21, 2006
Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman found herself being challenged by a fired up lawyer last Tuesday. "Mr. Williams, I am not going to tolerate your bull...