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Vincentian expresses frustration at year-long incarceration
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards told a prisoner today, October 3, 2013 that it was out of the norm for trial matters to be started in less than a year before the Magistrate’s court.
UPDATE: Bajan gets 8 years for ganja on boat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A combined sentence of eight years’ imprisonment was handed to Adrian Arthur when he appeared for sentencing today, June 14, 2013 at the Magistrate’s Court in John's Hole.
UPDATE: Boat captain gets 7½ years in ganja bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jamaican national, Ralph James, was sentenced today May 24, 2013 to serve 7½ years for offences in relation to a drug bust executed by police near Anegada last year.
Vincentian maintains innocence in high seas drug find
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Vincentian, Glenroy Pierre remained the only person in a group of three to maintain a not guilty plea before the Magistrate’s court yesterday, May 16, 2013 after allegedly being involved in an attempt to convey a huge cache of drugs last year.