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Dominican found with armour piercing assault weapon gets 4½ yrs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One of the four Dominican men found with a high powered Mossberg assault rifle and ammunition on July 1, 2015 was sentenced to a total of four and a half years by Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo today July 22, 2015.
High Court Judge thinks VI law too soft on sex offenders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I have looked at the cases submitted to me and they show, among other matters, that there is a prevalence of sexual offenders in this jurisdiction (Virgin Islands),” Justice Darshan Ramdhani was keen on pointing out yesterday afternoon, February 17, 2015 as he passed sentence on former legislator Andre Penn.
'Is Neil St Rose’s penis working?' – Crown & Defense submit
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It would not be until the crack of the New Year 2015 that the two Virgin Gorda men Jevon Demming and Sherman Williams will know how long they would be behind bars having been found guilty of attempted murder and one thing the Crown asked the Judge to consider is the injury to Mr Neil St. Rose’s scrotum area.
UPDATE: 12 & 7 yrs for Edwards & Simmonds Jr respectively
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Yan Edwards and Rodney Simmonds Jr were this morning, December 2, 2013 sentenced to several years in prison after they were found guilty of conspiring to murder Cornel Melbourne Francis.
Life imprisonment without parole for Alcedo Tyson!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Alcedo Tyson, 25, was moments ago, July 12, 2013 sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of Kawanna Todd-Rhymer on March 16, 2013.
UPDATE: Green gets 7 yrs for unlawful sex with a minor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jamaican Collin Green, who pleaded guilty in the High Court to the charge of having unlawful sex with a girl under the age of 16 years, was sentenced to seven (7) years in prison when he appeared before Justice Albert Redhead today, July 12, 2013.
UPDATE: Jamaican brothers get 10 years for wounding chef
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaican brothers Patrick and Micheal Facey were each given ten (10) years prison time by Justice Albert Redhead when they appeared in the High Court on July 10, 2013 for sentencing.
Was Sistah Joyce’s sentence an example of an unfair court system?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce recently had much to smile and celebrate about after retaining the Calypso Monarchy in Virgin Gorda. But despite all the achievement and celebration, Sistah Joyce never forgets that she was allegedly treated unfairly by the court system and has hopes of bringing this clearly out in her music in the not so distant future.
UPDATE: 5 years imprisonment for Elroy Okeiffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Johnson’s Ghut resident Elroy Okeiffe, was given a total of five years in prison when he was sentenced today December 12, 2012 by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards.
Lawyer asks for "wayward" client to be locked up
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The lawyer for 19 year-old Ristick Evans, who pleaded guilty to stealing two Gucci chains from a US tourist, requested that he be sent to prison until sentencing as a “shock” for him to realise the effects of his actions.
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