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UPDATE: Jessroy McKelly sentenced to Life Imprisonment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Justice Vicki Ann Ellis today May 30, 2014 handed down a life sentence to murder accused Jessroy McKelly, for the murder of Kareem Sebastian.
David Turnbull faces May trial for robbery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – David Turnbull is expected to face trial this month before the High Court for his alleged involvement in a robbery which took place sometime in 2013.
UPDATE: “I wanted to kill him myself” – Witness
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I want to get back at him, I wanted to kill him myself because of what he did to my brother, I wanted to kill him myself to tell you the truth.” That was a confession made in the High court yesterday afternoon by Mr Akeem Sebastian.
Jessroy McKelly murder trial starts after four years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the legal system of the Virgin Islands kick starts the process to ensure that justice is served in the matter of the murder of Kareem Sebastian aka Bingy, a man who took four years to make up his mind to give a statement to the investigators of his knowledge of the incident, was among the first to give testimony in the High Court yesterday March 21, 2014.
Murder accused Jessroy McKelly’s trial likely for March 21 start
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jessroy McKelly accused of murdering Kareem Sebastian aka Bingy appeared in the High Court today March 20, 2014 all geared for the commencement of his trial but this was not to be so, as a stumbling block forced the judge to suspend the jury which was impaneled on Monday, March 17, 2014.
Inmate alleges illegal phones commonplace at HM Prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Murder accused Jessroy McKelly made a series of allegations and complaints when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court recently.
Jessroy McKelly gets 24 months for escaping custody!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Balsum Ghut prisoner Jessroy McKelly, told the court that he could have run a long time ago if he had wished to do so and alleged that the gates at the prison were not as heavily secured as they needed to be.
Prisoner Jessroy McKelly rushed to hospital after alleged suicide attempt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- News just reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that Her Majesty's Prison inmate Jessroy McKelly has been rushed to Peebles Hospital following an alleged suicide attempt.
UPDATE: Prison escape incident was close to a riot- HM Prison sources
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Pandemonium broke out at Her Majesty's Prison in Balsum Ghut shortly after 3 P.M. on Saturday February 2, 2013 as word circulated that a prisoner had escaped.
Legal rep. for alleged killer McKelly remains uncertain
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – From all appearances, it seems the preliminary inquiry into the shooting death of Kareem ‘Bingy’ Sebastian will be delayed further by the continued lack of representation of the accused, Jessroy McKelly.
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