A jury of nine found thirty-nine year old husband and father, Tyrone Coe, guilty of six counts of carnal knowledge last week. On Tuesday, he learnt his fate when Justice Adolph Lucas imposed a six year sentence on each of the counts. Lucas ordered that the first two counts are to run consecutively and that […]
At age seventy, the last place a man wants to be is behind bars. But that’s the possibility that Emmanuel Gabourel, also known as Dada, is facing after he was caught partially nude in his bedroom with two girls; the oldest being only four years old. The children’s father went to a nearby store and […]
The April session of the Supreme Court got underway today. There are forty-nine cases to be heard. In the first case dealt with, two men were acquitted of Attempted Murder despite an original testimony from the victim, Jermaine Jones, a resident of Banak Street, who was stabbed sixty-eight times. Jones was short in his testimony […]
After spending five days behind bars, a twenty-seven year old mother of four, Andrea Jenkins, was today spared from returning to the Hattieville Prison for Drug Trafficking. At the close of trial, a mitigation plea was made on Jenkins’ behalf by her attorney, Arthur Saldivar, who said that while Jenkins made a mistake, she deserves […]
The Financial Intelligence Unit was swift to bring charges against the Coye family that operated a MoneyGram agency on Central American Boulevard after over a million dollars in cash was found at their home. The money was believed to be the proceeds of money-laundering. The bust was made on December thirty-first 2008 and during 2009, […]
It was a major scandal coming out of the Immigration Department when in 2006, one hundred machine readable Belizean passports mysteriously went missing. The discovery was made just days after a social event was held at the department on September eighth for Audrey Bennett, a finance officer going on leave, to hand over the reins […]
He has been tutoring children of all ages for six years, but today thirty four year old Andrew Lord, a resident of Elston Kerr Street, was charged with a single count of aggravated assault of an indent nature after a report that he assaulted a ten year-old student. Lord is accused of assaulting the child […]
Three men have been accused of importing pills that contain ephedrine into country. Twenty-nine year old Amin Fokrul, a salesman from Bangladesh appeared in court today to face charges of importing restricted goods when he along with two other men identified as Fakhrul Alam Salim and Afsar Miah were found in possession of fifteen thousand […]
The well known case of the Krooman Lagoon concluded last Wednesday. Belize City businessman Jitendra Chawla, proprietor of Xtra House, took action against the Attorney General and the Minister of Natural Resources for revoking the sale of nine point three acres of land within Krooman Lagoon near mile two on the Western Highway. Chawla, or […]
A twenty-seven year old mother of four will be spending the weekend behind bars after she was caught smuggling weed into the Kolbe Foundation. Jenkins, who is a babysitter was arraigned before newly appointed, Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer and read a single charge of drug trafficking. Allegations are that this past Thursday, she was found […]
Two men accused of handling stolen goods belonging to an attorney at law are behind bars after he was denied bail. Twenty year old Selvin Castillo pleaded not guilty today in the Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution objected to bail on grounds that Castillo is being investigated for other offences. Police say he had the […]
Late on Wednesday, in the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court, a jury of nine persons found Toledo resident, Tyrone Coe, guilty of six counts of carnal knowledge of a young girl. Early in the two week trial, the primary school student testified that Coe had sex with her at his home six times in 2008. In his […]
A proviso in the law allowed a magistrate to use her discretion to impose a non-custodial sentence on a man with a previous drug trafficking conviction. Andrew Burke and his common law wife, Shian Ireland, were found in the possession of just over nine ounces of weed. Burke pleaded not guilty but was spared from […]
Two Ladyville residents and one Belize City resident were charged with laundering about sixty thousand U.S. dollars on Tuesday. The cash was found inside the grey Ford Expedition driven by thirty-seven year old Sidney Ellis, an auto dealer of Curl Thompson Street. Also in the vehicle at the time were thirty year old Scott Stringer, […]
It was an interesting day in court for twenty-three year old Allison Williams because he walked free from two sets of charges and is at home awaiting his next court date for yet another offence. Williams was charged with Obstruction and Possession of a Controlled Drug after cops found him with weed in his home […]
The case of four affluent north side residents who were busted on January third with over fourteen pounds of marijuana went back to court today. On that Sunday, police conducted a raid at a house on Newtown Barracks where they found Nancy Gomez and Matthew Stock, both twenty-one years old, along with Adrian Balderamos and […]
A Ladyville resident who tried to steal a woman’s Toyota Camry from near her home is today out on a three thousand dollar bail after he was slapped with charges of Attempted Theft and Damage to Property. This morning, Donovan Clarke, the Ladyville construction worker, was arraigned in Court before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie. It […]
A car dealer who was on trial for the 2006 Manslaughter of his former girlfriend, Woman Police Constable Myrna Lopez, was today found not guilty. A jury of nine this afternoon acquitted thirty-four year old Ken Lyndon Young. WPC Myrna Lopez was shot dead during a family outing at Grace Bank on October first, 2006. […]
In the courts, Former Commissioner of Police, Carmen Zetina, was found guilty this afternoon of Driving without Due Care and Attention. The verdict followed an incident which occurred on November twenty sixth, 2009 when Zetina’s Isuzu Rodeo collided into another vehicle on Marine Parade. Magistrate Sharon Lewis fined Zetina a hundred dollars, which is to […]
Last Friday, well-known police figure, Corporal Harold Grinage, was shot at numerous times. The bullets did not find their mark and the officer was able to identify the gunmen. Police confirm that they have arrested one of the two suspects. Jermaine Belgrave appeared in front of the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie, and was charged with […]
Since his capture in February Gary Seawell joined his brother Mark behind prison bars. Both Seawell brothers are being sought by the U.S. government face drug trafficking charges. The U.S. nabbed the other brother Dwayne Seawell in 2007 and he is serving a seventeen years sentence for similar offences. While the options for Gary and […]
A decision in the case against Belize City businessman Jitendra Chawla, proprietor of Xtra House, and the Government of Belize was handed down this morning by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. Chawla took GOB to court over land he had acquired within Krooman Lagoon near mile two on the Western Highway. Chawla, or Jack Charles as […]
Remember Woodrow Gabourel? He is the sixty-one year whose visit to Belize turned nightmarish. On March twenty-second, we shared with you Gabourel’s unfortunate run-in with the law when he was charged with assaulting police officer, Constable Mark Martinez, resisting lawful arrest and loitering in a public place. After a full day of trial, Gabourel was […]
Robert Snyder, the convicted child molester who was caught in Belize, was sentenced today in Fort Collins Colorado. Snyder was on probation for abusing young boys when he fled to Belize. Before hiding out in Belize, Snyder spent two years in jail for pedophilia case, but instead of registering as a sex offender, upon his […]
The murder trial of Pedro Cal fell apart today in the Supreme Court when crucial witnesses could not be located. A jury of five women and seven men had already heard one testimony but Prosecutor Yohhanseh Cave threw in the towel when the father of the murder victim, Dison Diaz, and two other witnesses failed […]
