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A man, who was facing a charge of murder, saw that charge reduced to manslaughter when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Viewers will recall the report we aired last November when handyman, forty-nine-year-old Edwin Usher was brutally beaten during an altercation with another man at the corner of Johnson and Vernon Streets […]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in
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An eighteen year old youth is out on bail two days after he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison for having sexual intercourse with a minor. Attorney, Oscar Selgado today argued for bail for Rasheed Coffin before Supreme Court Justice, Colin Williams and was successful. Justice Williams granted Coffin bail of seven thousand dollars […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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A man who was caught walking out of 88 Shopping Centre on Central American Boulevard on Thursday with three pounds of pork chops which he ordered and did not pay for, was fined today when he appeared before Magistrate, Stephanie Gillett. Kenroy Gomez told the Court that he finds himself in all kinds of financial […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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The license of the three importers expired months ago and there was no possibility to renew or extend. Their position is that the government’s move to box them out is illegal and unconstitutional and that case is before the courts. Attorney Audrey Matura is challenging the government’s decision in the courts. According to Matura submissions […]
Written on June 16, 2020 | Posted in
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Calaney Flowers was acquitted of the murder of ex-boyfriend Lyndon Morrison in March 2017 after five years on remand at the Belize Central Prison. Despite the acquittal, the former bank teller has been fighting to remain a free woman as the Director of Public Prosecutions continues to pursue an appeal of that initial decision which […]
Written on June 16, 2020 | Posted in
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Acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana rendered an oral decision this morning in a claim brought against the Judicial and Legal Services Commission by the Bar Association. During his tenure as president of the J.L.S.C., former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin sidelined Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lyn Vidal, who also held the post as head of the […]
Written on June 12, 2020 | Posted in
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According to attorney Andrew Marshalleck, the notion that the timeliness of the complaint has a bearing on the consequence sends a wrong message to the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. Andrew Marshalleck, Attorney, Bar Association “Where we are is that while the court acknowledges that the Judicial and Legal Services Commission acted unconstitutionally in […]
Written on June 12, 2020 | Posted in
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A man was arraigned before Magistrate Aretha Ford in Belize City today on a charge of rape upon a fifteen-year-old girl. The man is accused of forcibly having sexual intercourse with the girl last week Friday at her mother’s house. Initially, Roger Rivera was charged with sexual assault upon the girl, but following further investigations, […]
Written on June 12, 2020 | Posted in
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A man who is awaiting trial for unlawful sexual intercourse has been granted bail, provided that he abides by three conditions stipulated by the court. Gregg Scott was granted bail of twenty-thousand dollars by Justice Colin Williams, but he must not communicate with the virtual complainant, he must surrender all travel documents, he must report […]
Written on June 12, 2020 | Posted in
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A second class clerk of the Belize Tax Service, who is charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Supply and who is attached to the Belmopan office, has been granted bail of ten thousand dollars. Supreme Court Judge, Justice Colin Williams granted Ishelle Tablada bail on the conditions that […]
Written on June 12, 2020 | Posted in
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One day after the vicious killing of U.S. national Robert Hurley, a man has been charged for his murder. Earlier this morning, the San Ignacio Police levelled the charge and by this afternoon session of the Magistrate’s Court in that jurisdiction, David Valencia was paraded up the stairs and arraigned for the crime. On the […]
Written on June 11, 2020 | Posted in
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Two cops are in trouble with the law and are facing charges of extortion. Police was quick to act and the officers were arraigned today in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court. Corporal Raymundo Carillo and Police Constable Marlon Triminius are accused of extracting one hundred dollars from a motorist who was not carrying on him a […]
Written on June 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize Defense Force Sergeant Margarito Pop finds himself in all kinds of trouble after he was charged criminally earlier this week with the rape of one of his female colleagues at the B.D.F. military base at Price Barracks. Now, based on the charge against him, the B.D.F. has applied to the Security Services Commission for […]
Written on June 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Two men who are awaiting trial for separate murders were lucky to get bail today when they appeared before Supreme Court Judge, Justice Colin Williams to present their applications. Windell Thurton, who is charged for the January 2016 murder of Ian Blair at a home on Simon Lamb Street in Belize City, was today offered […]
Written on June 5, 2020 | Posted in
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A man from the Stann Creek District is free tonight after he got bail on three counts of Rape of a Child – offences which he allegedly committed upon two little girls, ages nine and five. Michael Elijio is accused of committing the crimes between December of 2018 and January of this year.
Written on June 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Police constable James Usher of Belmopan is out on a thousand dollar bail after spending a night at the Belize Central Prison on Wednesday. Usher met his bail on a charge of Damage to Property. The officer is accused of breaking the glass door of the Immigration and Nationality Department’s Investigation section, situated at one […]
Written on June 5, 2020 | Posted in
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A B.D.F. soldier has been taken to court for rape. The matter reportedly happened a few days ago and the female officer made the complaint. This comes on the heels of a report of irregularities within the force. Tonight we can report that the accused soldier has been charged with rape. He is Margarito Pop, […]
Written on June 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Former minister Elvin Penner appeared in magistrate’s court in Belmopan this morning after being a no-show on Monday morning. Penner’s absence resulted in the issuance of a bench warrant for his arrest. As we’ve reported, the former disgraced Cayo Northeast Area Representative was charged in June 2017 following a fatal road traffic accident that claimed […]
Written on June 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Kashawn Gentle, a stevedore from Caesar Ridge Road in Belize City, is behind bars awaiting trial again, after he violated the terms of his bail and the bail was revoked. Gentle, was awaiting trial for being a member of a criminal gang on August eighth, 2019, along with two others. Police allege that Gentle is […]
Written on June 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a bench warrant for the arrest of disgraced former minister Elvin Penner was issued by the Supreme Court after he failed to show up in court to answer to a charge of manslaughter by negligence. In June 2017, the erstwhile U.D.P. Northeast area representative knocked down and killed Kenrick Myvette, a security guard […]
Written on June 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Robert Reich of the Channel Broadcasting Company is in trouble with the law in the United States; the businessman is being sued by DISH Network for appropriating copyrighted content owned by DISH Network. The U.S. television provider says it conducted an investigation last year and found that its content relating to X-View was being advertised […]
Written on June 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Guillermo Duarte, through assistance from attorney Hurl Hamilton, today secured bail from the Supreme Court in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars in the form of property papers. Duarte is charged with the murder of sixty-three-year-old Edgar Aldana, who was hacked with a machete by one of two men who showed up while Aldana and […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-eight year-old Rafael Velasquez, an office assistant at a resort in San Pedro, was granted bail of eight thousand dollars today when he appeared with his attorney, Rene Montero, before Justice Herbert Lord in the Supreme Court. Justice Lord stipulated that the accused is not to interfere or communicate with any of the prosecution witnesses, report to […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Kafele Garcia is at home with his family tonight after he was found not guilty of murder today in a trial without a jury before Supreme Court Justice, Colin Williams. Justice Williams delivered the verdict after an adjournment, following closing submissions by Garcia’s defense counsel, Anthony Sylvestre. Last Friday, Justice Williams did not allow the […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Also in the court, the prosecution in the attempted murder trial of Ulide Allen, on instruction from the Director of Public Prosecutions, withdrew the charge against him before Magistrate Albert Hoare, last Friday. Allen was accused of the 2019 attempted murder of Police Constable Leon Higinio when police intercepted them, presumably as he and an […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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