While noting that the State has a responsibility to create a facility for persons with circumstances similar to Sonnel Hanley’s, Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo today dismissed the case of assault that was brought against Hanley. Hanley, who the court heard is […]

Deron Walters has admitted to the Magistrate’s Court that he intended to supply the 706 grams of marijuana that police found inside his motor scooter nearly two years ago. He made the admission by way of a guilty plea yesterday, […]

Sherman Sebastian was sentenced yesterday for cocaine possession, resisting arrest, and using indecent language. In the ‘cocaine’ case, Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo fined him $250 for unlawful possession of the illegal substance. He has until June 30 to pay that sum […]

Roughly four years after he allegedly committed various offences against members of the police force, Marlon Senhouse finally has been called before the Magistrate’s Court to answer the eight charges. Senhouse pleaded not guilty to failing to stop at the […]

Former bank employee Matthew Hazel will spend nine years in prison in relation to the attempted robbery and attempted murder of an off-duty police officer outside the bank where he was employed in 2015. He was sentenced in the High […]

A former soldier, who is said to be struggling with anger and trauma caused by war, has been hauled before the Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating a minor ‘hard’ enough to cause injury. The accused, who is charged with two […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Delta Petroleum has suffered a second loss in its legal battle with the government’s power provider – BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC). The first defeat came last year, when High Court judge Justice Nicola […]

The surety who had helped to secure bail for Trevon Johnny has withdrawn her signature from the bond. That happened after she found out that Johnny is back with his wife, whom he is accused of choking. The surety, whose […]

Former cashier at the Water and Sewerage Department Threacha Berry, who was convicted of theft, has been released from Her Majesty’s Prison following a sentencing hearing in the High Court. Last month, Justice Nicola Byer ordered the Virgin Gorda resident […]

A tourist who was pepper-sprayed after he became drunk and committed a string of offences including assaulting a cop, was slapped with more than $5,000 in fines and compensation orders when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards this week. […]