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'I will send a message of deterrence!'- Tamia N. Richards to curfew breakers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards has vowed to send a message to persons like Tambu Frett of Little Dix Hill, East End, who was caught breaking a curfew order put in place due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
After nearly 7 yrs man sentenced for escaping HMP to go for walk
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Close to seven years after Andrew Angus Penn escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut to go for a walk, he has finally been sentenced for the offence.
Human rights violation matters 'will affect our ability to be paid'- Tamia N. Richards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “These matters will affect our ability to be paid when the state continues to pay out money to defendants in custody for obvious breaches of their human rights.”
‘I made a silly mistake; I’m not a criminal!’- Ugandan caught with undeclared $$
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Ugandan man caught smuggling $23,241 inside his suitcase and footwear at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island on March 5, 2020, has told the court he is not a criminal.
“I ain’t selling no more land to pay lawyers’- Father of 9 facing drug charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Father of nine, David Straker has told Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards he is not willing to sell any more of his real estate to pay lawyers to defend him.
Reggae singer ‘Maccabee’ found guilty of having proceeds of crime
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Beyond a reasonable doubt, Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards on November 5, 2019 found reggae singer Bradford J. Prince, also known as Maccabee, guilty of having proceeds of crime when he appeared before her virtually from Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, where he is on remand.
Fmr Police Officer Joel Gumbs guilty of assaulting daughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards convicted former Police officer Joel Gumbs for the 2014 assault of his daughter.
Ex DPP Wayne L. Rajbansie lashes out @ Media & Magistrate Richards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While his contract was not renewed as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and he is still in the Virgin Islands as a consultant to the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Trinidadian Wayne L. Rajbansie is still making the news.
Sr Magistrate Tamia N. Richards blasts former DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Noted for being fearless and candid in expressing her views and concerns, Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards used the special sitting of the supreme court to mark the opening of the 2016-17 Law Year of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court today September 20, 2016 to challenge the new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ms Kim Hollis QC to lead from the front and also blast the former DPP.
Glenville Callwood found guilty of threatening to kill cop
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Adding to his relatively tainted police record, Glenville Callwood was remanded to prison on September 1, 2016 after being found guilty of a 2014 incident in which he threatened to kill an off duty police officer in the presence of the man’s wife and baby.
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