A 52-year-old native of the United States, who overturned a company vehicle and then reported it stolen, has pleaded guilty to making a false report to the police, adding that he initially lied because he didn’t want to be fired […]
Category: Court
Winter pleads guilty in gun case
Omarie Winter has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of explosives and unlawful possession of a firearm. The 19-year-old answered to the gun offences when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, February 1. Magistrate Ayanna Batiste-DaBreo further remanded him, pending […]
Sonnel tells court: ‘Everybody make mistake’
Sonnel Hanley, who has faced the court in at least his third case of randomly slapping a member of the public, has declared that everyone makes mistakes. During his latest appearance before the Magistrate’s Court, Hanley, in a bid to […]
Desperate man in court for stealing cousin’s food
A 21-year-old Virgin Gorda man who burgled his cousin’s residence because he reportedly was desperate for food and water has been granted $30,000 signed bail. Jelani Marquis pleaded guilty to burglary and two counts of theft when he appeared before […]
Wife takes ‘man of the house’ to court
A Jamaican man accused of assaulting his wife has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate Court. Raymond Bryan, who resides at Old Plantation, told the court that it was his wife who attacked him. Police observed ‘scratches’ on Mr Bryan, […]
Man says BVI prison is the best; thought it was worse
Belle Vue resident Mariano Farrington has declared in court that Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut, British Virgin Islands, is the best correctional facility he has experienced. He made the claim yesterday (January 30) after Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo rejected […]
Law student allegedly ‘doctors’ trade licence
Already facing a raft of charges including theft, Shekima Lettsome-Joseph yesterday appeared in the Magistrate’s Court with two more charges added to her rap sheet. The latest charges are forgery and uttering forged documents. She is now being accused of […]
No gender bias! Magistrate locks up woman fighter
Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards remanded Nashae Foy to Her Majesty’s Prison last week Friday after the offender failed to give sufficient reason for beating another woman with a wooden object in the head, ribs, and other areas of the body. […]
Female motorist accused of being ‘rude’ to cop
A woman accused of resisting arrest – among other offences during a police traffic stop last year – has answered to multiple charges in the Magistrate’s Court. While pleading guilty to driving an unlicensed vehicle, Kelisha Huggins maintains that she […]
Police knock down door, find student with marijuana
A student enrolled at H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) ended up on the wrong side of the law when police knocked down a door at his residence and found 50 grams of marijuana. Nineteen-year-old Earl Hazel pleaded guilty to […]
