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‘Prevalence of sexual offences in VI appalling’– Tiffany R. Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There was a loud reaction in the crammed room of the High Court this morning December 16, 2013 when Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany R. Scatliffe highlighted that 13 of the some 15 cases initially scheduled for the October 2013 assizes were for sexual offenses.
UPDATE: Thomas to serve 12 years in prison for rape & abduction
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ikeido Thomas was sentenced to no less than 12 years at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut today, December 16, 2013 after being convicted in the High Court on charges of rape and abduction.
UPDATE: Duo to face fraud charges in January 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Brian Penn and Harinder Stephens-Penn are expected to face the Magistrate's Court again on January 7, 2014 for alleged fraud related charges.
UPDATE: Serial burglar Shakeem Smith to spend 9 years in prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Shakeem Smith, 20, of Fat Hogs Bay was sentenced to nine years in prison by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on several counts of burglary last Friday, December 6, 2013.
Tearful Luis Sprauve pleads guilty in airport suitcase fiasco
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Luis Ramon Sprauve, 41, of Lower Estate pleaded guilty to charges of assisting another with retaining the benefits of criminal conduct yesterday, December 10, 2013 at the Magistrate's Court.
New magistrate to clamp down on adjournments
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Magistrate’s Court of the Virgin Islands is now polished with the positioning of a new magistrate in the person of Magistrate Velon John who, from the onset of this working in the VI, has made it emphatically clear that “justice delayed is justice denied”, which does not make him very fond of granting adjournments.
Belle Vue youth ordered to clean jail cells, vehicles @ RT Police Station
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Damion Scatliffe, 22, found himself the recipient of an unusual brand of punishment from the local courts when he was ordered, among other things, to clean the Road Town Police Station after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of cannabis.
UPDATE: 20 months behind bars for Credgton Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Credgton Smith, who was found guilty on charges of guns, drugs and ammunition possession, will be spending some 20 months behind bars.
US citizen found with cocaine placed on $20,000 bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Gersham Browne, 23, a US citizen who lives in West End, pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled drug when he appeared before Magistrate Velon John at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday December 6, 2013.
Lawyers accuse Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards of being disrespectful
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several attorneys in the Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon December 4, 2013 staged a walk-out protest against actions they described as ‘frustrating and disrespectful’ allegedly on the part of Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia Richards.
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