A hearing began today before the Acting Chief Justice, Samuel Awich. It is the case of Glenn Tillett versus the Social Security Board. Last November, Tillett filed a claim in the Supreme Court against the S.S.B. claiming that it was unlawful for Net Vasquez, who is the paid Executive Chairman of Telemedia to also sit […]
Remember Aaron Wilson? He’s the man dubbed as the ‘fake cop’. While Wilson has beaten other charges, he was back in court today on four of seven charges; theft, threatening words and two counts of aggravated assault. The charges are in connection with an incident with Jermyn Galvez and a separate incident of indecent assault […]
A week ago, after a month long trial, a jury found thirty-six year old Leslie Pipersburgh and thirty-four year old Patrick Robateau guilty of double murder. This morning about six armed police officers arrived with the shackled men at the Supreme Court which had been cordoned off for security purposes. It was their day of […]
While the U.B. students protested the violence, one man was taken to court to face charges for one of the many murders in Belize City. It was a shock to his family and friends when twenty-nine year old Andrew Moses was brutally gunned down on March tenth, 2010. That’s because he was well known in […]
In the courts, Michael “Crazy” Arnold allegedly went on a weekend rampage in September 2010, terrorizing several Ladyville residents. His crime spree ended with him being badly beaten and facing charges of Burglary, Rape and Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. Today the thirty-five year old career criminal was convicted of the burglary and was […]
Arthur Young and the Police Department have been at odds for over a decade. But Young has beaten charge after charge, including murders, illegal guns and ammunition. This morning he appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare on a charge of Escape and once again, the evidence was not strong enough to tie him to the offense. […]
Upstairs, in the Supreme Court today, Richard Mattis, a forty-eight year old Canadian National, who has been living in San Pedro for over four years, employed as a combat aircraft engineer went on trial. It is alleged that Mattis had a forged license for his boat, named Carol, but on September seventh, 2009, he managed […]
Five persons, including the bank manager, were arraigned on Monday in connection with the robbery at the Orange Walk branch of Heritage Bank. Just as that case got underway, a retrial against three men for a previous bank heist in that district came to an end. Six men are believed to have carried out the […]
A case of Burglary also ended in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court today, but fifty year old Anthony Rodriguez, didn’t get a happy ending. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted in court that he broke into a store room in the Ladyville area on April tenth and stole power tools with a total […]
In the Dangriga Supreme Court today Justice Troadio Gonzalez handed down two hefty sentences in cases of sexual assault where the perpetrators were the fathers of the victims. The first was a fifty-three year old man, who was found guilty on April first of raping his daughter ten times. He was sentenced to eight years […]
It’s almost nine years since the June 2002 robbery at Bowen and Bowen Limited that escalated into a bloodbath when two security guards and two unsuspecting city residents were shot to death. Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau, both former employees of the soft drink company, were first tried for the quadruple murder in 2004, found […]
Both defense attorneys made no case submissions on behalf of their clients during a two day voir dire, which was held before they were called to present arguments in trial. Oswald Twist submitted that there was not sufficient evidence against his client, Patrick Robateau, who denied that he was involved in the robbery that ended […]
After the men were found guilty, there was a confrontation inside the courtroom and at least four armed officers had to rush in to keep the situation under control. News Five has learned that it was because Pipersburgh and Robateau resisted the use of shackles instead of the usual handcuffs. Pipersburgh is said to have […]
A burglary at the Customs and Excise Exhibit Room in Belize City was reported earlier this week. Eight thousand dollars worth of exhibit items were stolen. Today, Rondale Bailey, a Custom’s Security Guard was charged with one count of burglary for allegedly stealing an assortment of whisky, rum, cognac, vodka, electric equipment and perfumes. Abimael […]
At news time tonight a jury is in deliberation over one of the most violent killing sprees the country has seen. It’s the murder trial against Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau and it dates back to June eighteenth 2002, when security guards, Fidel Mai and Kevin Alvarez, were shot to death during a robbery at […]
A European chef, tour guide and paramedic have been in Belize for six months, but when they headed out on a fishing trip last Friday, they found themselves in a conservation zone and in trouble with the law. Thirty-eight years old Peter Gunwesen and Philip Baudu as well as forty year old Bertrand Gauje, were […]
Rhett Fuller will again mount a challenge to the request for his extradition made by the United States of America. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will be the venue for this latest challenge. In June 2009, the Belize Court of Appeal dismissed Fuller’s appeal and ordered that he be extradited; however, it subsequently […]
There have been numerous disturbing cases of carnal knowledge, where older men have taken advantage of female minors. Well the cops have one more of those incidents to investigate after an eleven year old student of Belize City made her report on April fourth. The child claims that she was home alone at around eight […]
There were four murders that occurred over the weekend. Two of the victims were women, who were shot at their grocery stores. The Chinese Association has been vocal with a protest staged on Monday in front of the courthouse that marched across the swing bridge to the police station. Their fury and indignation at the […]
Aaron Wilson, who has been dubbed the “Fake Cop”, was back in court today for the start of trial on four of seven charges against him. But when twenty-two year old Jermyn Galvez, one of Wilson’s alleged victims, failed to show up in court, a charge of Aggravated Assault was dismissed. Galvez had accused Wilson […]
A twenty year old Mahogany Heights Resident is accused of being one of three suspects that committed a broad daylight robbery at Plastic Packaging Supply Limited in Belize City. Inmar Welch was captured on Saturday and was arraigned on three counts of Robbery on Monday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty and because the crime involved […]
Fifty year old Jeremiah Pott pleaded not guilty to a charge of Grievous Harm last Thursday, after a fight that landed his brother, Fedencio Pott in a coma. Jeremiah told the court back then that when Fedencio woke up, they would work things out since the incident happened while they were both drunk. But that’s […]
The United Democratic Party in its 2008 manifesto promised a senate that would be comprised of thirteen members, one more seat than the current that would include a representative from the N.G.O. community. It was a novel idea and the reform would have shifted the balance of power from government’s control and put it in […]
According to Senior Counsel Dickie Bradley, the U.D.P. has broken a promise it made to the electorate prior to taking office. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney for COLA “The important matter in this is one: there is an outright breach of a manifesto. That is a political matter to be told to the voters that, just […]
A foiled robbery attempt earlier this week landed a pair of teenagers before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday evening. Eighteen year old Akeem Requeña, a resident of Morter’s Alley, was jointly charged along with a minor from Hattieville for attempting to rob a fourteen year old of his bicycle. On Tuesday evening the teenagers accosted […]
