News
Many bars/clubs closed for want of liquor license
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the long holiday weekend when several bar and club owners were eyeing the opportunity of good business, officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force brought the hammer down forcing them to close their operations.
Walford Farrington found guilty of assaulting child
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Walford Farrington was found guilty before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on May 23, 2014 of cruelty to a child and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Drug convicts want cocaine value reduced before sentence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two men convicted on charges of possession of cocaine appeared before the Magistrate’s Court to have the court make a determination of the value of the cocaine they were found with, before sentencing could be passed.
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.
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.
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.
Man refuses to accept Sandy Lane report he has ‘underlying issue’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Nickhoy Scatliffe appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on Friday November 29, 2013 he was expecting that the decision would see him never having to go back to the Sandy Lane Centre, however, and to his surprise, it was not to be.
Confessed ‘would be thief’ released to get help
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – ‘Would be thief’ Leslie McKenzie, a 26 year old from Huntums Ghut, was given a chance by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards to access help when he appeared before her on November 29, 2013.
‘Generous’ fine for Malik Aaron thanks to good Sandy Lane report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It was nothing but the good report from the Sandy Lane Centre that was responsible for Malik Aaron getting a fine of only $10,000 or six months in jail after pleading guilty of possession of a controlled drug (cannabis), which was found in his Haver's Estate home in April, 2013.
Magistrate places interdicted prison officer Steve Morton on curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prison Officer Steve Morton, who has been relieved of his duties pending the outcome of several matters pending against him in the Magistrate’s Court, was placed under strict curfew and the watchful eyes of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) at Virgin Gorda when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday, November 28, 2013.