NOT GUILTY: Howe, Simmonds Jr. not guilty of Money Gram robbery
BVI News Staff - Monday, June 25th, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Today, June 25, a nine-member jury returned a not guilty verdict in the case against Rodney Simmonds Jr. and Mikhael Howe who were charged in relation to the January 21, 2011 Money Gram armed robbery.
The two men were among five charged with possession of firearm with intent to endanger a life and wounding with intent.
Justice Albert Redhead informed Howe that he was acquitted, while Simmonds Jr. remains on remand in relation to a pending case.
The other defendants were Leonard Sprauve, Jason Stevens and Michael Stevens. Jason Stevens and Leonard Sprauve pleaded guilty to the charges and as a result the Crown offered no evidence on the charge of wounding with intent. They will be sentenced on July 20.
Later in the case the charges against Michael Stevens were dropped following an application by his lawyer.
The matter was prosecuted by Valston Graham and Leslie Ann Faulkner; the defendant Simmonds Jr. was represented by Corrine George and Howe by Yohhahnseh Cave.
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dis is nonesense when it comes to serious illegal things they doing stupid but when it comes to pitty things dem charging people and pleading guilty dis BVI needs serious help
WOW!! As I was not in court and did not have the facts of the case presented to me I cannot know why the jury found these boys not guilty but it does sound like their was sufficient evidence to prove they were guilty. Since a judge does not have the power to overrule a non-guilty verdict of a jury then maybe the ethics of the jury need to be reviewed. It seems unfair that when the preponderance of evidence suggests guilty that this could happen and the jury not be held accountable for their verdict. If any one of them was paid off or did so to protect a friend or a relative then they should be tried and given a harsh sentence themselves for obstructing the process of justice.
what else is new….. u need to learn to read and understand what is really going on….. because if u could, u would have understand that only one of the two is boys are involved with that murder case…..Reading and understanding is the KEY…….
thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.
The judge should put the jurors in jail. This will send a message to future jurors, that when evidence is presented which points to guilty plain as day, don’t be bias because of who the defendants are. They should be ashamed of themselves. Maybe they are going to get some of the money.hhhhhmmmm
FREE B.I.G.S
i glad them man out so they can be with their kids i hope they stay out of trouble to watch their lil youth man them grow up
I guess Crime does pay. A few months at the Balsam Hilton and now they free to enjoy the money
The money already gone, so I guess they will just steal more.
why do i continue to be amazed at the ‘just-us’ system in Tortola…. wow….
Tola have two justice – one for tolans and one for others
u perfectly right there is a lot of cover up in tola that is the reason why nothing can solve
The police lookin for ppl and tryin to pin things on ppl for whatever reason but God dont sleep they can try to mucky the water as much as they want with what bogus ifo they put into the media and hardly use the word ALEGEDLY to make people think that how thigs went down, but the truth see through that murk, the alleged DNA and phone records they tell the public jus days before the case was to start was jus the last plot to currupt the court to get a false coviction, I know i will get alot of negative comments and dislikes from my post but i know it will be from all those that was curupted but the plot of the police through the media.
This is a case where the police did them job , the jurors to be blame them have DNA and phone record but still find the suspect not guilty i believe if the crime was video tape them still will bring in a not guilty then again them had a set a children as jurors
a man girlfriend working the same place he rob and he get off? WOW
phone records and everything, man get murder over the money and them get off?
them from here… that’s all i have to say.
You so sure u know what wemt down like you was on scene or had something to do with hmmm why werent you a crown witness?? now you ain get the verdict you wanted you all mad SMH
you can hmmmm and emmmm all u want. I WAS NEVER ON THE SCENE…but the police and prosecutors are a joke..I can’t bare false witness so why would I go and get involve in this.
Well let the court do their job, they did it and they loss so let it be!!!
one day the truth will come out a thief always will be a thief and they will never stop thief until the day they day tortola corrupt you all need to stop back slackness and the crime will prevent
So you think the “Not guilty verdict” was the right one? Maybe you are a criminal yourself. The queen needs to step in and scrap the jury system in this place. Everybody know everybody, and they give unfair and bias verdicts. Why some people condone wrong doings is beyond me. One will think that being a member of a small community, that every one will want a virtually crime free environment to live in, where they can enjoy peace and tranquility. We used to be a Christian community, now greed and selfishness have taken over.
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