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UPDATE: Frett & Bolan to be quarantined before sentencing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has ordered that Tambu Frett and Bryan D. Bolan, the men found entering the Virgin Islands while the borders were closed and a curfew in place on Friday, April 3, 2020, be placed in quarantine and returned to court until Thursday, April 23, 2020 for sentencing.
After nearly 7 yrs man sentenced for escaping HMP to go for walk
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Close to seven years after Andrew Angus Penn escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut to go for a walk, he has finally been sentenced for the offence.
Man in custody @ RT Police Station attacks officer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sea Cows Bay resident Verne Forbes has been fined $500 for assault on a male officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
Woman left with bloodied nose in nightclub assault
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The trial against Fat Hogs Bay resident, Seanna Jack, who allegedly assaulted a woman at a nightclub at CSY Dock on Tortola, on June 17, 2017, is now in the hands of the court for decision and sentencing.
Human rights violation matters 'will affect our ability to be paid'- Tamia N. Richards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “These matters will affect our ability to be paid when the state continues to pay out money to defendants in custody for obvious breaches of their human rights.”
Man caught red-handed stealing wheelbarrow, pleads guilty
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo will decide on the fate of a man who was caught red-handed on closed-circuit television (CCTV) stealing a wheelbarrow from a construction company in Baughers Bay on September 28, 2018.
‘I made a silly mistake; I’m not a criminal!’- Ugandan caught with undeclared $$
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Ugandan man caught smuggling $23,241 inside his suitcase and footwear at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island on March 5, 2020, has told the court he is not a criminal.
Puerto Rican & Ugandan held @ TB Lettsome Airport with large amounts of $$
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men – one from Puerto Rico and one from Uganda – were held one day apart at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island with a quantity of undeclared cash.
Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre to swap land with Magistrate’s Court
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has revealed that the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre, which was destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017, will be rebuilt on land occupied by the Magistrate’s Court.
'Santo' fined $750 for beating up relative in VG bar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo on Thursday, February 20 2020, fined a man from the Dominican Republic $750 for fighting with his relative and punching him in his left eye. The fined has to be paid by March 31, 2020 or the defendant will be incarcerated for 60 days at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP).
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