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UPDATE: Serial burglar Shakeem Smith to spend 9 years in prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Shakeem Smith, 20, of Fat Hogs Bay was sentenced to nine years in prison by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on several counts of burglary last Friday, December 6, 2013.
Tearful Luis Sprauve pleads guilty in airport suitcase fiasco
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Luis Ramon Sprauve, 41, of Lower Estate pleaded guilty to charges of assisting another with retaining the benefits of criminal conduct yesterday, December 10, 2013 at the Magistrate's Court.
UPDATE: 20 months behind bars for Credgton Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Credgton Smith, who was found guilty on charges of guns, drugs and ammunition possession, will be spending some 20 months behind bars.
US citizen found with cocaine placed on $20,000 bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Gersham Browne, 23, a US citizen who lives in West End, pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled drug when he appeared before Magistrate Velon John at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday December 6, 2013.
Jerome Allen found guilty on arms & ammo charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Jerome Allen, who was accused of importing arms and explosives into the territory in 2011, has been found guilty on all charges.
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.
Greenland man pleads guilty to causing criminal damage
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “It looks like a hurricane passed through,” said Senior Crown Counsel Valston Graham as he offered a Police photograph of the alleged damage inflicted by Vern Wharton on the property of a Virtual Complainant (VC) when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on January 30, 2013.
Magistrate denies application for Evans’ case to be heard in HC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a lengthy submission by Dr. J S Archibald, QC on behalf of Gary Evans, a former high school teacher found guilty of fondling a student in 2010, to have the matter transferred to the High Court for human rights reason – it was denied yesterday afternoon, February 20, 2012 by Magistrate Tamia Richards.
School teacher found guilty of indecent assault on student
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Gary Lester Evans, 52, of Lower Estate was found guilty of indecent assault when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court at John’s Hole today December 12, 2011.
UPDATE - Tiger Hodge’s killer gets a life sentence!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kittian Terrence Charles, who pleaded guilty this morning, Monday December 12, 2011 in the High Court for killing Allen "Tiger" Hodge was moments ago handed down a life sentence.