An expert out of the United States was finally brought to testify in the case against Tarik Aaron and Leshaughn Smith. The men are on trial in the Magistrate’s Court on allegations that they possessed 24 kilos of cocaine with […]

When he took to the witness stand in the Magistrate’s Court today, Klenton Pickering hit back at allegations that he unlawfully broke an employee’s jaw. While admitting that he punched the complainant Luis Callwood twice on the day in question, […]

Though concluding that taxi operator Roger Williams caused the accident that claimed the lives of two passengers, automotive expert Spencer Grant said Williams also saved the lives of several others. The accused, Williams, had told police that he was driving […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has declared that he will not lower the academic bar for any student. He made the declaration while he noted that 67 percent of the Grade 12 students […]

Defence attorney Richard Rowe has told the High Court that he intends to call his own expert witness to testify in the trial involving his client Roger Williams. Williams is on trial for two counts of manslaughter and two counts […]

The extradition hearing against Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and former Customs Officer Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan has ended. The men are wanted by the United States (US) on allegations of drug running. Magistrate Shawn Innocent, who usually practice overseas, is expected to […]

Weeks after he completed university in the United States last year and returned to his homeland, Adonijah Lettsome was arrested for marijuana. The 24-year-old appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards today (June 23) for possession of two grams of marijuana. […]

When called to testify against his alleged attacker Klenton Pickering this week, Louis Callwood told the court that doctors had to wire his mouth shut for eight weeks to allow his dislocated jaw to heal. “I couldn’t eat; I couldn’t […]

Nigel Prince told Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards today that he is sticking to his plea of not guilty in relation to a case that is more than a year old. Prince is accused of selling alcohol illegally. He is scheduled […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Governor John Duncan has described as outdated, provisions in existing laws that are being used to pull him before the Magistrate’s Court to testify in an extradition case built on drug running allegations. […]