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July 1, 2005
Rexron Williams, a Jamaican citizen was found guilty of attempted theft and for damaging a section of a glass door, property of the Government of St. ...
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July 1, 2005
Anthony Lavia of Redemption Sharpes was asked to pay $750 forthwith or spend eight weeks in prison for having in his possession 190 grams of cannabis ...
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July 1, 2005
Lennox Conliffe of Belmont will spend the next four months at Her Majesty's Prisons, after he pleaded guilty to wounding Pierre Horne, well-known in t...
Tour guide charged in Gardens murder
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July 1, 2005
A Tour Guide of New Montrose has been arrested and charged for the murder of a fellow Tour Guide. On Wednesday, June 29, St.Clair "Bakes" Badnock a 45...
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June 24, 2005
Unless something dramatic turned up, yesterday, hearing in the Allwill Franklyn trial is expected to continue at the High Court today. Franklyn, a Dic...
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June 17, 2005
Steveon Taylor must be a happy man. Whatever dark clouds were hovering over his head were blown away the morning of Tuesday June 7, at the start of th...
Montrose man gets 12 years
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June 17, 2005
Carlos Deshong, a young man of New Montrose, Kingstown, is now serving a 12-year jail sentence handed down on him on Tuesday, June 7. However since he...
Constitutional Motion withdrawn
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June 17, 2005
A constitutional Motion brought by Elwardo Lynch against the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police on April 26, was withdrawn on June 10. Th...
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June 17, 2005
Challis Roberts of Kingstown Park was asked to pay $150 forthwith or spend one month in prison for having in his possession one rock of cocaine with i...
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June 17, 2005
“The law says one year and that is what you will get. This is the maximum penalty.” Those were the words uttered by Senior Magistrate Carl Joseph,...
Three men on murder charge
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June 17, 2005
KINGSTON – Jamaican police said Tuesday they had charged three people, including a teenager, with the murder of a United States tourist whose body w...
Murder accused makes double appearance
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June 17, 2005
Murder accused Selwyn Foye, a chauffeur of Carierre in the Marriaqua Valley may find himself making several court appearances soon. Foye who was charg...
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June 17, 2005
Kenneth Samuel and Mwatta Wynne were colleagues in the same storeroom where they worked. Just after lunch at Arnos Vale on April 22, 2004, they were j...
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June 10, 2005
The trial of two men on a murder charge has spawned a series of legal twists. At first, Ken Charles and Leonard ‘Toco’ O’Garro were jointly arra...
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June 10, 2005
A former clerk with a Security company could spend three years in jail if she fails to pay back $11, 735.35 by December 20, this year. Justice Bruce-L...
Astaphan finds Stalky’s comments astonishing
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June 10, 2005
The head of the legal team retained by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, in a case where NDP talk show host E.G. Lynch is the defendant, has said he...
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June 3, 2005
Lennox Sutherland, a truck driver of North Union, is claiming compensation from Asbert Castello, who employed him as a driver, but never paid him. The...
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June 3, 2005
Tessan Damian Manners, a 33-year-old Electrician of St. Kitts/Nevis will have to spend the next nine months behind bars, after he pleaded guilty to ha...
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May 27, 2005
If there is anyone who should be grateful to Senior Magistrate Carl Joseph it is Cornelius Scott. Scott was given a fine to pay instead of serving a f...
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May 20, 2005
The good deed of a public-spirited citizen has been given credit by an officer of the Royal SVG Police Force. The Kingstown Magistrate's Court was tol...
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May 20, 2005
Aska Charles, a 24-year-old Georgetown man will really be counting his days after being slammed with stiff penalties by Senior Magistrate Carl Joseph ...
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May 20, 2005
A young man of Vermont has received a three-month sentence for robbing 70-year-old retired Vibert Williams of the same address of his public assistanc...
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May 20, 2005
Commar Sheen, a 21-year-old, better known as 'Crampey' of Layou, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after he appeared at the Magistrate's C...
Father and son on kidnapping charges
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May 20, 2005
A father and son, last Tuesday morning reappeared at the Serious Crime Court last Tuesday morning on abduction charges related to an incident on April...
Wayne keen on getting results from police
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May 20, 2005
Popular singer Wayne Keane has been haunted during the past three years over the loss of his son Lomando 'Tiba' Bynoe. Tiba, a resident of Paul's Aven...
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May 6, 2005
By Michael Johnson A 39-year-old former employee of the St. Vincent Motors was found guilty of stealing two drums of oil. The incident reportedly occu...
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May 6, 2005
By Michael Johnson With a charge of arson already hanging over his head, 38-year-old Mt. Pleasant farmer, Carlos Webb has found himself in more hot wa...
Man charged with arson
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May 6, 2005
by Michael Johnson One man has been charged for arson following last Friday's midday fire. Carlos Webb, a 38-year-old a farmer of Mt. Pleasant was arr...
Matters listed for next Assizes being compiled
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April 15, 2005
A list of matters for the sitting of the next Assizes set for June 1 is already under compilation. Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Willia...
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February 25, 2005
Some persons seem to have a penchant for musical equipment, and their love is causing them to disregard religious institutions. {{more}} Their actions...
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February 25, 2005
The question of regional unity seems to be taking root. But some persons are not using the normal channels and now their actions have brought them int...
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February 25, 2005
Lenroy King, a 16-year-old youth of Kingstown Park, now faces two charges of stabbing a policeman after an incident in Layou last Wednesday. Meanwhile...
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February 18, 2005
Former National Commercial Bank (NCB) employee, Alicia Kirby of Barrouallie is to appear before the Serious Offences Court on March 3, for the start o...
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February 18, 2005
Good instinct and the quick action of a detective sergeant foiled a daylight burglary at a hotelier’s home at Mc Kie’s Hill and resulted in the im...
Accused  to know fate in father’s murder
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February 18, 2005
Forty-one year old Graham Tittle of South Union has to wait until March 1 to know whether he would be committed to stand trial for the murder of his s...
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February 4, 2005
Forty nine year old Lloyd Quamina and forty three year old Arnold Joseph of Trinidad received four year sentences Tuesday when they appeared before th...
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February 4, 2005
Experienced lawyer Bertrum Commissiong QC has expressed disappointment with the selection of some of the persons who would be serving on the bench of ...
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January 28, 2005
Beverly Williams, also known as Sharon Carlene Benjamin of Stubbs, has been committed to stand trial for making a false document to obtain a St. Vince...
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January 28, 2005
A Colonarie man who was caught driving without a licence three times in the past three months and prohibited from holding a driver's permit twice in t...
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January 28, 2005
A 22-year-old policeman of Gibson Corner and a 21-year-old painter of Sion Hill recently had their abduction charge withdrawn after the victims refuse...
Two jailed for marijuana
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January 28, 2005
Twenty-five-year-old Rudolph Samuel of Campden Park and Orlando Samuel, 25, of Argyle were imprisoned on marijuana possession charges Tuesday afternoo...
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January 21, 2005
A forty-year -old man of Largo Height has been arrested for unlawful and malicious wounding with intent.{{more}} Franklyn Telemaque, a mason, is accus...
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January 21, 2005
A young member of the Sassine family walked out of the court room a free man on Monday after the court dismissed a wounding case against him.{{more}} ...