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Alleged Purcell grocery store robber gets bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Robbery accused, Tim Dailey, 21, was granted bail when he appeared before the High Court yesterday, April 7, 2014 but has so far failed to post the cash component required for his freedom.
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.
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.
Alleged kidnapper Sprauve for High Court trial
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Long Look resident, Kevin Sprauve, is likely to have his matter heard in the next assizes before the High Court after his matter was set for paper committal at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, March 12, 2014.
UPDATE: Justice Viki Ann Ellis to issue decision in PC vs CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After the February 26, 2014 commencement of the civil matter between Police Constable (PC) Nicholas Tranquille vs Commissioner of Police (CoP) David Morris Justice Viki Ann Ellis is yet to hand down her decision.
UPDATE: Walton Cameron guilty of indecent assault, remanded to prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Walton Cameron is now behind the bars at Balsum Ghut awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of indecently assaulting a woman on January 28, 2012.
Sexual offence cases dominate 2014 first High court list
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Barbados national Justice Madame Nicole Byer and jurors have their hands full with cases of sexual offences that have dominated the list of matters to be tried in the High Court of the Virgin Islands for the first assizes for 2014.
Accused in RiteWay heist claims life was threatened; secures bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Accused Riteway robber, Patrickson Magloire, 51, secured bail yesterday, January 21, 2014 after being charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
Andre Penn’s retrial traversed to 2014 assizes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “No more adjournments for Andre Penn…” this was part of a headline carried by Virgin Islands News Online on October 1, 2013 as it was a stern warning dished out by High Court Judge Vicki Ann Ellis at the opening of the final assizes of the High Court for 2013.
‘Prevalence of sexual offences in VI appalling’– Tiffany R. Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There was a loud reaction in the crammed room of the High Court this morning December 16, 2013 when Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany R. Scatliffe highlighted that 13 of the some 15 cases initially scheduled for the October 2013 assizes were for sexual offenses.
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