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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}} ...
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January 21, 2005
Two Vincentians and a Barbadian man were arrested earlier this week and charged with drug possession. {{more}} Harvey Samuel, 34, of Sion Hill, Marcus...
Guyanese visitor guilty of immigration breach
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January 21, 2005
Guyanese visitor Leon Griffith was found guilty of breaching the Immigration Regulations when he appeared before the Serious Offences Court on Wednesd...
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January 14, 2005
Osbert Watson of Kingstown was hauled off to Her Majesty’s Prison for three months last week after he breached a two-year bond and failed to pay a d...
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January 14, 2005
Raphael Williams, a 17-year-old young man of Lowmans Hill accused of shooting and killing Lower Questelles resident Glen Robinson, was last Friday set...
Woman charged for beating teacher
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January 14, 2005
A Barbadian parent charged with assaulting a teacher was banned from going back to her child's school as part of her bail Monday. {{more}} When Brenda...
British-trained lawyer admitted to SVG Bar
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January 14, 2005
The experience of a UK-born lawyer is expected to impact on this country, especially in the area of family services. This, as Adrianne Pamela Grant is...
Gardener to pay for stealing cellular phone
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January 14, 2005
An Executive of an international telecommunications company based in England has given assurance that he will return to this country, despite an unfor...
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December 23, 2004
Joachim, Stewart appeal again Former Government minister, Glenford Stewart, and former Chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Richard Joachim...
James cracks murder case
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December 23, 2004
A seasoned detective from the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has been commended for his investigative skills in the Lokeisha Nanton...
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December 17, 2004
Thirty-one-year-old Lennox Phillips of Hadley’s Village has been committed to stand trial together with a 15-year- old boy for aggravated burglary. ...
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December 17, 2004
Thirty-one-year-old Desmond Holder of Lowmans Hill was sentenced to three months in prison Tuesday for firearms possession. Appearing before the Serio...
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December 17, 2004
Twenty-year-old Shanda Jackson of Belair was last Monday released on $3,000 bail after she appeared before the Serious Offences Court on an indictable...
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December 17, 2004
A police prosecutor has said that there is a camp at Paul’s Avenue where robbers hide out to resuscitate themselves. “There is a refugee camp in P...
Trini men on drug charge
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December 17, 2004
Two Trinidad nationals will face sentencing by the High Court for illegal drug possession while another is scheduled to reappear before the Serious Of...
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December 10, 2004
A thirty nine year old woman of 29 grammes of cocaine with intent to supply last Friday. It is alleged that police went to a parked van where food was...
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December 10, 2004
A Trinidadian national has been imprisoned here for passport fraud. Robbie Johnson, 31, was sentenced to 15 months Monday when he pleaded guilty to at...
Mayreau residents seize thief
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December 10, 2004
Maureau residents say they have carried out a citizens arrest on a man believed to have been terrorizing the island. Mayreau resident Annie Adams told...