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Guyanese woman freed of gun & ammo charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Lynette Sommersall, a Guyana national living in the Virgin Islands for over 20 years, was today, April 23, 2024, acquitted of firearm and ammunition charges stemming from an incident that occurred in 2021.
UPDATE: RVIPF officer accused of colluding with murder suspect
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dominican native, and long-serving member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Sergeant Lenroy Samuel has been accused of breaching the RVIPF’s trust by making a phone call that later allegedly led to the removal of a cellular phone belonging to a murder suspect in the shooting death of Mr Everton McMaster Jr in Baughers Bay.
A Law Officer who holds or acts in AG, DPP or Magistracy is deemed a Legal Practitioner
Dear Editor,
I feel compelled as a resident in this Territory to join in the chorus as to whether the three Lawyers from the CoI are in breach of the Legal Profession Act 2015.
Full term pregnant woman among VZ nationals remanded on drug & firearm charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A woman who is in her full term of pregnancy was among six Venezuelans remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) on charges relating to drugs and illegal entry following their appearance before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin today, Thursday, October 1, 2020.
VINO ‘plays the tape’ in response to Stephen R. Daniels
Statement by Advance Marketing & Professional Services on Attorney Stephen R. Daniels
ROAD TOWN, Tortola BVI- We smiled to ourselves when we noted on the pro-government online news site, BVI Platinum, that prominent Attorney at Law and Guyanese national Stephen R. Daniels claimed to have been misquoted by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) in a story we carried on Monday March 23, 2015.
UPDATE: ‘Comments were complimentary to Ms Faulkner!’ – Atty Daniels
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Attorney at Law Stephen R. Daniels has clarified his statements made in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday January 28, 2015, saying that he was only jesting with the Magistrate and had no way intended to suggest that Senior Crown Counsel Leslie Ann Faulkner was not competent.
Dion Stephens for HC trial without PI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Dion Stephens who has been charged with the indictable offence of manslaughter which allegedly occurred on February 10, 2014 during a boat collision incident resulting in the death of Jose A. Titley, is headed for High Court (HC) trial.
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.
De La Rosa makes court appearance for manslaughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Manslaughter accused Alberto Rosa De La Rosa made his first appearance in the Magistrates Court of the Virgin Islands Today July 11, 2014 before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo following his extradition from the United States.