By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff When Justice Nicola Byer sentenced Matthew Hazel to nine years imprisonment after he committed attempted robbery and attempted murder, some members of the community expressed dissatisfaction, adding that the punishment does not reflect […]

Former banker Dr Melvin Turnbull is the person leading negotiations on behalf of Government, which is trying to arrive at a final settlement following a court case the government’s Customs Department lost in the Privy Council against Delta Petroleum. Premier […]

Female motorist Etta Duverger has appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on allegations that she had beaten a male driver during a road rage. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-Dabreo granted Duverger $20,000 bail after the accused woman pleaded not guilty to common assault. […]

Shawn Callwood’s ex-girlfriend broke down in tears this month as she recalled being battered in 2016, allegedly by her then lover Callwood. She told the court that, when she finally escaped in the safety of cops on patrol, she already […]

Rudolph Maduro was fined $1,200 in the Magistrate’s Court after he assaulted a security guard, used indecent language at a police officer, and misbehaved at a bar in Road Town. Maduro, who said he does not fully remember the incident, […]

A man who punched a police officer and sprinted out of the East End Police Station to avoid being arrested for a crime has been fined $2,800. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo on Friday fined Everett Jack who pleaded guilty to […]

Social media personality Ramoamasagana ‘Masa’ Pemberton has been found guilty of keeping an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo gave the verdict this afternoon (May 19) while stating that the evidence against Pemberton was overwhelming. She […]

Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday ordered Garry Smith to pay a total $6,300 for stealing from and beating a sex worker who he claimed did not give him his money’s worth of pleasure. The senior magistrate slapped Smith with a […]

After she fined Darier Malone $500 for calling a police officer a “punk mothers ***t”, Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards said in apparent jest that the offender is “more mature” than the US President Donald Trump. That is because the 23-year-offender […]

Nickail Chambers has been fined $2,000 in the Magistrate’s Court for handling a stolen goods. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo gave the Sugar Mill Road resident until November 11 to pay the fine or he will serve six months at Her Majesty’s […]