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December 8th, 2014
Kevin Greaves not getting back $13K

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – On Friday December 5, 2014 Attorney at Law Mr Stephen R. Daniels representing Mr Kevin Greaves asked the court to pardon his absences as he was believed to have been delayed in travelling from St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) but he was in total disagreement with the decision not to have the Crown return in excess of $13k to his client.

October 16th, 2014
Craig L. Stoddard’s conviction quashed – Att. Anthony L. Johnson

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After being convicted in 2010 and sentenced to five years in prison, in the justice system’s record at present Mr Craig L. Stoddard’s file has been wiped cleaned after the Appeal Court during the most recent sitting found that he was wrongfully implicated in a 2007 robbery.

October 5th, 2014
‘Time served!’ - Elroy G. OKeiffe freed

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following deliberation which concluded in the Court of Appeal on Friday October 3, 2014 it was ruled that Elroy G. OKeiffe should be freed as the court agreed with his attorney Mr Richard G. Rowe that his client’s time spent in prison sufficed for the charges he had pleaded guilty to.

May 1st, 2014
Court of Appeal rules against re-trial for Anderson

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An attempt to have Horse Path resident Garfield Anderson, 24, placed before the courts once more on a charge of indecent assault that was previously removed, proved unsuccessful before the Court of Appeal yesterday, April 30, 2014.

April 30th, 2014
Sherwin Fahie freed; retrial ordered in VG gun butting

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A High Court conviction and 25-year sentence against Sherwin Fahie on the charge of committing grievous bodily harm was ordered to be set aside following a hearing before the Court of Appeal today, April 30, 2014.

January 17th, 2014
Court of Appeal frees man of rape & indecent assault convictions

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Trinidadian John Bally had his conviction for rape and indecent assault quashed and sentence set aside when he appeared before the Court of Appeal on January 15, 2014.

January 16th, 2014
Camillus Parris gets rape & indecent assault convictions overturned

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Camillus Parris was made a free man yesterday, January 15, 2014 after having his conviction quashed and sentence set aside before the Court of Appeal.

January 14th, 2014
UPDATE: Delta not commenting after Appeal hearing victory

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior members of the management of Delta Petroleum (Caribbean) Limited very sternly said that they were not commenting on the decision of appeal judges Mario Michel, David Baptiste and Ola Mae Edwards yesterday January 13, 2014, despite having won the appeal.

September 21st, 2013
UPDATE: Former Magistrate Rosan-Bunbury loses appeal for judicial review

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Interdicted Magistrate Charmaine Rosan-Bunbury had her hopes for a judicial review shattered when her application in the Appeals Court was denied yesterday September 20, 2013.

September 13th, 2013
High number of cases in Appeal’s Court forces need for two courtrooms

SCRUB ISLAND, VI – Acting Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering has announced that the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex will be converted into an additional courtroom to accommodate the September Sitting of the Court of Appeal for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Virgin Islands.

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