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Trio found with high-velocity ammo in vehicle granted $20K bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The three men arrested and charged after ammunition was found in a vehicle they were in while in Road Town on September 20, 2023, received bail in the Magistrate’s Court today, Monday, September 25, 2023.
Buney H. Chinnery found not guilty in USVI court of attempted human smuggling
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The trial of a [British] Virgin Islands man caught by a Customs patrol boat after a high-speed chase in Coral Bay, St John, [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) yielded two guilty verdicts. But the defendant in the case, Buney H. Chinnery, was cleared of the more serious charge of trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
Ex VI Premier Andrew A. Fahie pleads not guilty to racketeering charge
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) appeared in a Miami Court on November 16, 2022, to answer to a new charge.
Trio accused of murdering Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’ set free
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three men accused of the 2016 murder of Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’ have been set free of the charges due to want of prosecution.
VI Premier will plead ‘not guilty’- Hon Fahie’s attorney
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Arrested Premier of the Virgin Islands Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will be pleading ‘not guilty’ when he attends a preliminary hearing set for a Florida court on May 13, 2022.
Interdicted policemen Prevost & Power found Not Guilty in High Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that interdicted policemen Pamphill Prevost and Simon Power, who were allegedly linked to missing money while they were executing search operations while on police duty between January 2012 to July 2014, have been found not guilty in the High Court.
Tenant found not guilty of using threatening language, assaulting ‘powerful’ landlord
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A St Vincent national, who had testified that her landlady fabricated a story on her and claimed to have power over the police because she was a Skelton and a relative of the former Minister for Health and Social Development, Mr Ronnie W. Skelton, has been found not guilty of all the charges laid against her.
Unanimous! Dion Stevens found Not Guilty of Manslaughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a tense moment for families from both sides at the High Court in Road Town, yesterday July 6, 2016 while they all waited for the verdict in the case brought by the Government against boat captain Dion Stevens.
EXCLUSIVE: Acquitted murder accused Marcus Lloyd fears for his life
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Recently released former murder accused Marcus Lloyd, called ‘Yeyo’, has alleged harassment by the authorities while incarcerated at Her Majesty's Prison at Balsam Ghut, saying that he was subject to searches and was denied proper meals.
Woman accused of assaulting husband ordered to seek counselling from FSN
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – Tomika Johnson-Olivierre on Friday November 20, 2015 pleaded not guilty to the charge of common assault when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo.