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Farley & Lindsay win 2024 Beef Island Prison Break 10K
LONG BAY, Beef Island, VI- Julius Farley and Katrina Lindsay made it back-to-back wins when the BVI Runners 10K Fun Series continued with Race 2 on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
UPDATE: Prison escapee Germaine Sebastian recaptured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The inmate serving a life sentence at Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut, Germaine Sebastian, who escaped on October 30, 2021, has been recaptured.
UPDATE: Escaped prisoner Germaine Sebastian was serving life sentence
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- The inmate who escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Tortola has been identified as Germaine Sebastian, who was serving life in prison after being convicted for Manslaughter back in 2006.
Ceres 10K Series: Struiken wins battle with Riley; Breaks course record
LONG BAY, Beef Island, VI- Top road racers Clifton Struiken and Neil Riley clashed for the first time this year when the Ceres 10K Series made its stop at Long Bay, Beef Island, on Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Reports of alleged jailbreak @ HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - Reports reaching our news centre is that sometime around 8:00am yesterday, Friday, October 4, 2019, a prisoner reportedly went missing from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut on Tortola.
UPDATE: Tyrone George recaptured
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Our senior sources at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut have indicated that Mr Tyrone George has been recaptured.
HM Prison inmate escapes & is recaptured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Her Majesty’s prison inmate Andrew Angus Penn has been charged with escaping lawful custody after escaping from the prison compound at Balsum Ghut on Saturday April 6, 2013.