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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...
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December 10, 2004
The trial of Patrick Lovelace accused of the July 2002 murder of 12-year-old Lokeisha Nanton was scheduled to continue yesterday with star witness Rom...
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December 3, 2004
Former LIAT employee, Andrew Forde has been imprisoned on a drug charge. Forde was sentenced to 26 months last week after the Serious Offences Court f...
George nabbed
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December 3, 2004
Residents of North Leeward did their civic duty when they nabbed two men wanted in connection with the murder of slain police constable Elson Richards...
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November 26, 2004
A police officer of Gibson Corner and a painter of Sion Hill have been charged for abducting two young school- girls. Police constable Curtis Williams...
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November 26, 2004
Twenty-seven-year-old Everest “Fat Head” Bynoe of Richland Park has been imprisoned on firearm and ammunition charges. Bynoe appeared before the N...
Four charged for cop’s murder
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November 26, 2004
A 14-year-old student is among four young men who have been arrested and charged for the murder of a police officer. {{more}} The student, along with ...
Compay guilty again
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November 26, 2004
“His neck will pop this time!” That was the comment made by contracted State Prosecutor Arthur Williams at the end of Daniel “Compay” Trimming...
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November 19, 2004
Thirty six year old Marlon Young of Park Hill is expected to face a judge and jury next year. Young was committed to stand trial for the murder of his...
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November 19, 2004
Defence lawyer Nicole Sylvester has lost the first battle in the murder and attempted murder case involving her client, Harry Wilson. But, the lawyer ...
Compay in court again
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November 19, 2004
Former death-row inmate, Daniel “Compay” Trimmingham will soon know whether he will be convicted for murder again. Compay is facing a judge and ju...
One Venezuelan jailed, five deported
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November 12, 2004
Juan Lopez, one of six Venezuelan nationals arrested at sea by the Rapid Respoce Unit and members of the Coast Guard patrol, will spend the next 32 mo...
Wilson found guilty again
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November 12, 2004
For the second time in two years, Harry Wilson has been found guilty of murdering his two-year-old daughter, Arielle, attempting to murder his five-ye...
Jack slapped with theft charge
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November 12, 2004
Twenty-seven-year old Roland Jack of Kingstown was on Monday remanded in custody on charges of theft and robbery. Jack is accused of stealing a gold c...
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November 5, 2004
Desron Griffith, a 32-year-old New Grounds man, is into a 28-month jail sentence. The penalty came last Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to a drug pos...
Three charged with murder at Walvaroo
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November 5, 2004
Three persons have been charged for 35-year-old carpenter Casper Caine’s death. Caine was gunned down near his Walvaroo home Wednesday, October 20. ...
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October 29, 2004
A seventy-three year old woman and a 49-year-old man of Coulls Hill have been acquitted of an unlawful sexual intercourse charge. Elfreda Williams and...
Lawyer proposes law scholarship for prosecutor
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October 29, 2004
A call has been made for Serious Offences Court prosecutor, Sergeant Adolphus Delpesche, to be granted a scholarship to pursue law studies. Former Dis...
Teenager charged with armed robbery
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October 29, 2004
Nineteen-year-old Sonnel Caine of Dauphine was on Tuesday arrested and charged in Saturday’s robbery which left Dauphine businessman Godrick Nichols...
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October 29, 2004
Rose Hall resident Carmen Murray was fined $12,000 for marijuana Tuesday. Murray, a trafficker, appeared before the Serious Offences Court and pleaded...
Three charged in Walvaroo murder
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October 29, 2004
One week after thirty-five year old Casper Caine was gunned-down near his Walvarroo home, police have arrested and charged three persons for murder. S...
‘Terrorist’ gets 6 more years
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October 29, 2004
A labourer of Hadley’s Village got his two year jail term extended last Friday when the High Court imposed another sentence on him. Lennox Phillips,...
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October 15, 2004
Police on Tuesday arrested and charged three men for the Sunday evening robbery of the Richardson Motors gas station at Arnos Vale. The three, Grenadi...
Venezuelan shot, 35 lbs cocaine seized
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October 15, 2004
Six Venezuelan nationals arrested here in the waters off Pigeon Island near Bequia Friday evening will not be seeing their homeland for at least a few...
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October 15, 2004
“The sentences which should be imposed should reflect the fact that you terrorised the community”. Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman made the comme...
Jamal Dyer gets PI date
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October 15, 2004
Jamal Dyer, (at left) a 21-year-old mechanic of Chateaubelair, returns to court January 27 for preliminary investigations into a murder charge. {{more...
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October 8, 2004
Thirty-six-year-old Kelbert Sandy of Lowmans Hill was sentenced to three years on three counts of indecent assault. Sandy was accused of indecently as...