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UPDATE: Tranquille wins case against CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Justice Nicole Byer has today November 11, 2014 ruled and her decision came in favour of Police Officer (PO) Mr Nicholas Tranquille who had taken the Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mr David Morris to court for reversal of rank.
Kenny Francis to know his fate soon
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – US Virgin Islands national and resident of Anegada, Kenny Francis is likely to know his fate for the October 6, 2012 incident which had left a man suffering stab wounds.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I feel like a new born child’ – Jomo Jack
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In the face of the law at all levels a man is innocent until proven guilty and being behind bars for over two years for a crime that one would have maintained his innocence from the get go feels like injustice. This was the case of Jomo Jack who was implicated in a major drug bust by the Royal Virgin Island Police Force (RVIPF).
UPDATE: Kavarne Richards remanded for Cornel M. Francis’ murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kavarne Richards, 28, has been remanded to prison today October 13, 2014 after he appeared before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo following his arrest in relation to the murder of Cornel Melbourne Francis which occurred on May 9, 2013 at Long Look Sticket.
New charge against Sherman Williams
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At the opening of the October Assizes today October 7, 2014 at the High Court of the Virgin Islands the Court heard that the trial of Jevon Demming and Sherman Williams will be the first to be tried commencing on Thursday October 9, 2014.
Erica Smith-Penn In! Paula M. Ajarie Out! as Court’s Chief Registrar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - After over 14 years in which she served in the office as both Deputy Chief Registrar [2000-2008] and as Chief Registrar of the Courts [2008-2014] Jamaican national Paula M. Ajarie is no longer at that office.
UPDATE: Sherman Williams out of HMP & banned from VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sherman Williams was jointly charged with a cousin Jevon Demming for attempting to murder Mr Neil St. Rose back in 2012 but while Demming was granted bail in the earlier stages, Williams was remanded to the confines of Her Majesty’s Prison, Balsum Ghut.
UPDATE: John Bally innocent of child sex charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When the jury returned to the High Court room before Justice Vikki Ann Ellis yesterday June 2, they brought with them a unanimous decision in favour of John Bally.
Sylvan Penn for October trial in boat theft
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Parham Town resident, Sylvan Penn, told Justice Vicki Ann Ellis when he appeared before the High Court last week on a charge of theft that he was without legal representation because it was too costly for him to afford an attorney.
Attorneys suggest life sentence for incest
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Lawyers have argued that a sentence of ten years in prison is wholly unbelievable and unacceptable for persons convicted of the crime of incest and have expressed that legislators should instead increase the penalty to a life sentence.
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