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UPDATE: 12 & 7 yrs for Edwards & Simmonds Jr respectively
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Yan Edwards and Rodney Simmonds Jr were this morning, December 2, 2013 sentenced to several years in prison after they were found guilty of conspiring to murder Cornel Melbourne Francis.
Life imprisonment without parole for Alcedo Tyson!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Alcedo Tyson, 25, was moments ago, July 12, 2013 sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of Kawanna Todd-Rhymer on March 16, 2013.
UPDATE: Green gets 7 yrs for unlawful sex with a minor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jamaican Collin Green, who pleaded guilty in the High Court to the charge of having unlawful sex with a girl under the age of 16 years, was sentenced to seven (7) years in prison when he appeared before Justice Albert Redhead today, July 12, 2013.
UPDATE: Jamaican brothers get 10 years for wounding chef
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaican brothers Patrick and Micheal Facey were each given ten (10) years prison time by Justice Albert Redhead when they appeared in the High Court on July 10, 2013 for sentencing.
Was Sistah Joyce’s sentence an example of an unfair court system?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce recently had much to smile and celebrate about after retaining the Calypso Monarchy in Virgin Gorda. But despite all the achievement and celebration, Sistah Joyce never forgets that she was allegedly treated unfairly by the court system and has hopes of bringing this clearly out in her music in the not so distant future.
UPDATE: 5 years imprisonment for Elroy Okeiffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Johnson’s Ghut resident Elroy Okeiffe, was given a total of five years in prison when he was sentenced today December 12, 2012 by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards.
Lawyer asks for "wayward" client to be locked up
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The lawyer for 19 year-old Ristick Evans, who pleaded guilty to stealing two Gucci chains from a US tourist, requested that he be sent to prison until sentencing as a “shock” for him to realise the effects of his actions.
Alleged RT station attacker to know fate during HC assizes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mitigation and sentencing for Kareem Simon, one of the four men who allegedly stormed into the Road Town Police Station last year, is likely to be heard in the High Court as early as next week during the High Court criminal assizes, Virgin Islands News Online was reliably informed.
UPDATE - Abortion plotters’ sentencing hearing pushed back to Dec. 9
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The sentencing hearing for a couple who pled guilty in October for attempting to procure a miscarriage of a young woman has been pushed back to Friday, December 9, 2011.
Ultimatum given to man accused of grabbing another's private parts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Noting that the case is taking longer than is necessary to proceed and that the defence is to be blamed for the delay mostly because of the absence of legal counsel, Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday November 24, 2011, ordered that Jerome Hopkins Sr., who is accused of indecent assault, get a lawyer within the next 10 minutes or she would have to proceed with him being unrepresented.
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