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November 23rd, 2011
Video link sought for witness in Walter Maduro case

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The trial for Immigration Officer Walter Maduro, who has been charged with breach of trust, is yet to commence as the Crown is yet to serve disclosure on the defense and it is also seeking to arrange for a testimony via video link for one of two witnesses, who are out of the jurisdiction.

November 23rd, 2011
Sprauve to stand trial Jan. 20 for $$$$ in suitcases

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 38 year-old man fingered in transporting two suitcases of money to the Territory’s airport, and handing it over to an alleged accomplice for it to be flown overseas, will stand trial in the Magistrate’s Court on January 20, 2012.

November 22nd, 2011
Trial for alleged chain robbers likely to be traversed

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The trial of two young men accused of robbing a man of two Gucci chains and a gold pendant in 2010 is expected to be traversed to the February 2012 criminal assizes due to the slow pace of the current assizes.

November 21st, 2011
Pemberton trial – Vehicle with gun, narcotics picked up unlocked

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Danny Pemberton, who is facing a number of charges in court including carrying an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of cannabis allegedly committed in February of 2010, had allegedly picked up the rental vehicle, which was unlocked, at the Government Administration Complex parking lot.

November 21st, 2011
Guilty with explanation not an acceptable plea - Magistrate

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many times persons have stood before magistrates and have tried to sugar coat their guilty plea with an explanation. While some magistrates would accept it as guilty, others would take it as not guilty as in the case of magistrate Tamia Richards who refused to accept it from Nelson Myers in court recently.

November 19th, 2011
UPDATE: Man injured in Friday night shooting in stable condition

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A male is presently in stable condition at Peebles Hospital after receiving a single gunshot wound to the abdomen while in the Crabbe Lot area on Friday, November 18, 2011, according to a police press release.

November 18th, 2011
Teacher accused of squeezing student’s buttocks to know fate in 2012

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) teacher accused of groping a female student in May will know his fate when Magistrate Tamia Richards makes her decision on January 8, 2012.

November 18th, 2011
Social inquiry needed in abortion couple's sentencing

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social inquiry reports for Kandy James and Akeem Richardson, a couple who tried to terminate the pregnancy of Richardson’s ex-girlfriend, are key in their sentences that have been re-scheduled for December 5, 2011.

November 17th, 2011
Trial for pig farmer pushed back

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Crown has asked for a short adjournment in the Brian Hodge case, the pig farmer accused of hitting a Solid Waste Department employee with his vehicle.

November 16th, 2011
Fat Hog Bay resident to stand trial for gun possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 30 year-old Fat Hogs Bay resident found with a Glock 40 pistol in a vehicle he was driving in February 2011 will stand trial in the Magistrate’s Court on November 28, 2011 before Magistrate Tamia Richards.

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