On August ninth, Rhett Fuller lost his years of battle against extradition. The Privy Council in London dismissed Fuller’s appeal, which essentially means that he could be sent to the United States where he is wanted for a murder that happened in 1989. Fuller, a businessman, is an inch closer to finding out his fate […]
A pizza deliveryman was lured into the Port Loyola area and robbed on October tenth, 2010. Today twenty-one year old Calvin Palma was convicted of Robbery and fined five thousand dollars when he appeared before Magistrate Emmerson Banner. The victim, thirty-two year old Pablo Coc of Peppers Pizza, testified that he was to make a […]
Also from the courts, twenty-four year old Stacey Belisle is tonight a free woman after charges of marijuana possession against her were dismissed today. Earlier this year, on February sixteenth, it is alleged that Belisle approached an officer responsible for the transportation of inmates and asked if he could deliver a plate of food to […]
While the jury is out on the legitimacy of the Venezuela plane, the court in Belize is listening to charges on the infamous fake cop, Aaron Wilson. Wilson has beaten charges of threatening words and aggravated assault with a firearm, while he was convicted of theft and aggravated assault of an indecent nature. But the […]
And while Wilson’s case will no doubt be before the courts for some time, thirty-one year old Jermaine Belgrave had charges of robbery and aggravated assault dismissed on Thursday afternoon. Belgrave was accused of robbing Security Oriented Services supervisor, Derrick Muslar, on the night of June nineteenth, 2009. Muslar had testified that he was riding […]
Forty-two year old Belize City resident, Dean Bennett, was charged with Aggravated Assault of an indecent nature one month ago and was remanded without bail. Allegations are that Bennett abducted a ten-year-old girl on June fourteenth and molested her. Today the charge against him was upgraded to Attempted Rape when he appeared before Chief Magistrate […]
Akeem Humes and Ryan Alvarez, both twenty-one years old, spent an extra five days in prison after murder charges against them were withdrawn last Friday. The withdrawal was due to insufficient evidence, but in the absence of a written directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie did not release […]
Another prominent businessman’s personal trials are being played out in the court. Earlier today in the Belmopan Magistrates Court, Mike Menjivar was committed to stand trial in the next session of the Supreme Court. The thirty-four year old businessman, known best as the owner of La Cabana Bar, will be tried on six out of […]
The litigation war over Telemedia continued by videoconference before the CCJ, today. Despite the objections of the attorneys for the government, Lois Young SC and Solicitor General Cheryl Krusen, the CCJ decided that the application was serious enough to be dealt with during the court’s legal vacation. After listening to attorneys Godfrey Smith SC and […]
Today’s special leave of the Caribbean Court of Justice also brought several important factors that will guide the battle for Telemedia ownership. The Boyce and BCB attorneys successfully argued their case previously on June twenty fourth 2011, when the Court of Appeal’s declaratory judgment said that the 2009 Belize Telecommunications Amendment Act, which gave the […]
In Magistrate’s Court today, Fullers Alley resident Kimberly Oshon pleaded not guilty to charges of keeping a firearm and ammunition without a gun license. The twenty-seven year old woman was detained at around twenty minutes after nine o’clock on Friday night on Cemetery Road. She then led the cops to an area behind a fence […]
Only a week ago, forty year old Warren Allen Logan pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods after he and his common-law-wife Stephanie Hemsley, were found in possession of a DVD player and other small items that were stolen from Josephine Waller. Well today the couple was back in court, again on a charge of Handling […]
Two men, who have spent a year in prison awaiting trial for murder, were freed of the charge today but tonight they are still behind bars. Twenty-one year olds Akeem Humes and Ryan Alvarez got the news this morning when the Prosecutor, Sergeant Carol Tucker, announced that the charges are being withdrawn. But the Chief […]
UB Councilor and Lecturer, twenty-eight year old Leon Leslie was once again picked up from his home and charged for keeping prohibited material. It all stems back to January sixteenth when police claimed they found a bulletproof vest in his vehicle. On July twentieth, the arresting officer failed to show up to testify and Senior […]
Thirty-five year old Shane Espinosa, a Mechanic and a resident of Doris Brooks Street in Belize City was today sentenced to five years imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner. Espinosa is accused of robbing Taxi Driver, Earl Smith on February first, 2011 while at the Pound Yard taxi stand. He relieved the cab […]
The common-law-wife of deceased B.D.F. Lance Corporal, Shamir Henry, will stand trial on a charge of manslaughter for allegedly stabbing him to death. That decision was handed down late on Tuesday evening in a paper committal by Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. LeShawn Lino’s attorney, Carlo Mason, who was absent from that hearing, did not challenge […]
In the courtroom of Magistrate Roberto Ordonez this morning, a couple was jointly charged with Handling Stolen Goods. Forty year old Warren Allen Logan and thirty-six year old Stephanie Hemsley were allegedly found in possession of a Sony DVD Player, assorted DVDs and an iron that were stolen from the home of Josephine Waller, at […]
It took more than a decade to settle; that’s the extradition request by the US Government of Belizean Rhett Fuller that started in the Belize courts in 1999. London’s Privy Council today turned down Fuller’s appeal, he still has one more avenue to explore but the judgment will have a significant bearing on future extradition […]
The judgment on the Rhett Fuller appeal was handed down in London, but in the local jurisdiction up north, a judge delivered the sentence in the case of a female employee of the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. She was brutally beaten and left for dead on a feeder road in February 2010. Twenty-four year […]
Also in court, Marlon Woods, who was charged with manslaughter for the death of his friend, Kevin “Tawah” Middleton was released on bail today. After a week in prison, Woods appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer today and was granted bail of seven thousand dollars, plus two sureties. By eleven o’clock this morning, he was […]
There’s another disturbing case of child molestation to report tonight and the victim is a ten year old girl. Thirty-eight year old Salvadoran national, Jose Cortez, is celebrating his birthday behind bars after being charged this morning with Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. Cortez was detained on Sunday following a report by the minor […]
Two brothers, who have had a charge of drug trafficking hanging over their heads for more than two years, walked free today. Stephen and William Leiva were charged in February, 2009 with drug trafficking for over sixteen pounds of marijuana that was found at their business, Amelia’s DVDs, which was located on the Northern Highway. […]
A group of six Belize City fishermen appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare today for a fisheries offence. On Tuesday evening twenty-three year old Victor Foreman Jr., Garrett Francis, Deshawn Terry, Kent Garbutt, Gregory Rhaburn and James Andrewin were busted by police on mobile patrol in the Conch Shell Bay area where they were found in […]
Two persons were charged today in connection with separate burglaries and believe it or not, the suspects are both women. Thirty-one year old Delker Silde Miranda was the first to appear before Magistrate Emerson Banner on a charge of Burglary. She was arrested after breaking into the apartment of her neighbor, Nora Williams, and stealing […]
The British Caribbean Bank is going to the Caribbean Court of Justice based in Trinidad and Tobago seeking an injunction in respect of the hugely controversial proposed Ninth Amendment. The bank is also seeking a declaration that the re-acquisition on June twenty-fourth of Telemedia is void. The Court of Appeal back on June, twenty-fourth ruled […]
