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Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow has lost his first case since returning to private life as an attorney. Barrow, along with co-counsel Darrell Bradley, represented Ian Haylock in a matter brought before Justice Westmin James, following the appointment of Estelle Leslie as Comptroller of Customs in early January. Fifty-three-year-old Haylock was set to succeed erstwhile […]
Written on April 19, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Smith, there is a legal doctrine known as “legitimate expectation” which Haylock could have presented to the court, if there had been some promise made that he would have succeeded Griffith as Comptroller of Customs. Godfrey Smith, Attorney for Government “Essentially, that principle is that through an actual promise made to you […]
Written on April 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Two men who were arraigned on Tuesday on charges of raping a twelve-year-old girl were today granted bail. Supreme Court Justice, Herbert Lord granted Tashane Williams and Theodore Andrew bail of ten thousand dollars, but they must report to the police three times a week, not communicate with the victim or go within one hundred […]
Written on April 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Three people, including a seventeen-year-old minor, were today arraigned before Magistrate Trecia Pitts-Anderson after police allegedly nabbed them with almost nine pounds of marijuana and a little over half-a-pound of crack cocaine. Police conducted a search Aaron Rowland’s home in the West Landivar area of Belize City on Thursday, when they reportedly found the drugs. […]
Written on April 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Police constables Shantel Berry and Alleeya Wade have been fined by the police department after being found guilty earlier today by a disciplinary tribunal for appearing on our Open Your Eyes talk show. The pair spoke candidly of the discrimination they faced as law enforcement officers for wearing their hair in braids and dreadlocks. Notwithstanding […]
Written on April 7, 2021 | Posted in
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Two men will stand trial for triple murder in the June session of the Supreme Court following the completion of their Preliminary Inquiry today. The prosecution presented statements from more than a dozen persons, as well as photos, compact discs, and other material that make up the case that the Crown has against Kyle Zetina […]
Written on April 6, 2021 | Posted in
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Two Belize City men were today formally arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford on charges of rape of a child and sexual assault upon a 12-year-old girl. Police allege that Theodore Andrews and Kishane Williams committed the offences on March 26th. The two were remanded until June 12th. They were defended by Attorney, Ronnell Gonzalez.
Written on April 6, 2021 | Posted in
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In an update to a story a few days ago, a father who had been remanded to prison for kidnapping his son to the United States has been released. The little boy is now in Belize with his mother. Evan Kerr’s attorney, Richard “Dickie” Bradley had told News Five after his client’s detention two weeks […]
Written on April 1, 2021 | Posted in
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A man arrested with accused pirates in Honduras was today allowed to rejoin his family after it was discovered there is no evidence linking him to the rest of the alleged pirates or to the crimes for which they are charged. Jeremy Leslie was reportedly in another room at the same hotel where the men were […]
Written on March 31, 2021 | Posted in
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Two men were today cleared of all charges, including attempted murder, in relation to a home invasion in May of last year when an elderly man was badly beaten and stabbed, then robbed inside his small house in Ladyville. When Tyrese Gladden and Shyiem Casimiro appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser today, the man who […]
Written on March 31, 2021 | Posted in
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It’s something we often see discussed in international news. Now, two Belize City men have filed civil suits against the Belize Police Department for racial profiling. Case management conferences held this week set court dates for May. In December of 2020, Greg Nunez, through his attorney, Leslie Mendez, filed papers, while Bryton Codd filed his suit […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Justice Antoinette Moore, who presides over the southern session of Supreme Court trials, is expected to hand down a ruling shortly on the murder trial of thirty-three-year-old Nicholas Swazo. The crown and the defense wrapped up closing arguments recently in the trial and a date and time will be set for a verdict. Swazo was […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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In the Belmopan session of the Supreme Court, twenty-three-year-old Ashton Puerto is spending his first week of a seventeen-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Puerto was charged in July of 2016 for the murder of Maleek Norris in Roaring Creek Village. The two had a dispute over money […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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A Mexican accused of landing a drug plane in Belize, Miguel Cruz Meseguer, was taken before the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, but the prosecution was not prepared to carry on with the case against him so the matter was further adjourned until March thirtieth. Meseguer was one of six Central American men who were facing […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
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A man who was hauled before the Magistrate’s Court earlier this week on charges of Common Assault and Harm was today sentenced to nine months in prison after he pleaded guilty. Keshawn Dennison was sentenced to six months in the first instance for causing harm to Erica Sutherland, and to another three months to be […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the torture of a sixteen-year-old boy was videotaped and the recording went viral on Facebook. The post and its subsequent circulation drew the ire of children’s rights activists, the Police Commissioner and many others who voiced their disgust and condemnation. Just before noon today, one of the accused in the case, Elvin […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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The trial of accused murder Jason Sanchez got underway this week and just as quickly, it entered into a closed session called a voir dire. This is to determine whether the trial judge, Justice Herbert Lord, can permit the admissibility of a statement as part of the evidence in the trial itself. Sanchez is charged […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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In magistrate court news, on Monday, Keshawn Dennison was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after appearing on two charges. He is accused of harming Erica Sutherland twice, the first was on March tenth and then a second incident two days later on the twelfth. Dennison is on remand until he reappears in court on […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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The trio police accuse of kidnapping and torturing a minor over the weekend were shuttled to the Magistrate’s Court in the back of a police van this afternoon but they never appeared before a magistrate. It is not clear if there was an error with their charge sheets, but sometime around three p.m., police escorted […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of La Inmaculada Credit Union. Justice Arana handed ordered the former General Manager Yolanda Gomez to pay the credit union almost four hundred and thirty-seven dollars in damages and court costs. Justice Arana also ruled that La Inmaculada Credit Union did not wrongfully terminate Gomez and is not […]
Written on March 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Justice Herbert Lord today ruled a mistrial in the case of Patrick Harris. When the case began last week Tuesday, Justice Lord decided to enter into a voir dire during the trial to determine whether a group identification that the police conducted in 2017 was lawful. The judge ruled it was not and proceeded with the […]
Written on March 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Justice Westmin James will make a ruling on a date to be set in May in a civil suit for negligence against the Belize Police Department and the government. This is for the death of Stella Maris school teacher, Ruth Ferguson back in 2018. On Thursday, the claimants and the respondents in the case made […]
Written on March 5, 2021 | Posted in
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The U.D.P. maintains that the now re-elected Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner should be disqualified from office because he does not actually reside in Belize City, which U.D.P. attorney Orson Elrington claims is a prerequisite for his nomination to have been approved. So they are letting the court decide. But on Monday, when the matter […]
Written on March 4, 2021 | Posted in
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The Municipal Elections are less than two days away and an attempt by the United Democratic Party and its Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte and citizen Melbourne Wade to stop P.U.P. Mayor Bernard Wagner from running a second time will have to wait for a later date. That’s because Justice Sonya Young adjourned the matter after both […]
Written on March 1, 2021 | Posted in
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The murder trial of Patrick Harris will proceed on Thursday in the Belize City Supreme Court after Justice Herbert Lord ruled today that the submissions made during a voir dire were not strong enough to throw the matter out. Harris’ attorney, Oscar Selgado had made several submissions last week over whether the court should allow […]
Written on March 1, 2021 | Posted in
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