On September eighteenth, sixteen year-old student Sanjay Lino was shot in the back and lived to tell the tale. Six days after the shooting that left him in a critical condition, police levied charges of attempted murder on Jeon Peebles. Today a minor was charged with the same offence for the incident. Police say they […]
He has an extensive rap sheet but has never been convicted and today thirty-one year old Darien Banks walked away from another set of charges. And like in many other cases that are thrown out, the reason was a lack of evidence. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt, withdrew two counts of Keeping Unlicensed […]
And three inmates who broke out of prison on September twenty-seventh faced a charge of Escape in Magistrate Kathleen Lewis’ court today. Twenty-nine year old Terry Bainton, twenty-two year old Jose Melgar and twenty-nine year old Jose Lewis were recaptured on September twenty-eighth on the Western Highway. So what came out of their one day […]
Also in court, a third suspect was charged today for the September eighteenth Robbery at Dave’s Furniture World. Eighteen year old Kevin Abraham is believed to be one of three men who stormed the store at the corner of Tigris and Basra Streets and held the proprietor, Lelahnie Habet at gunpoint. The men also allegedly […]
The October session of the Supreme Court kicked off this morning with over forty-three cases on the calendar. Only Justice Michelle Arana presiding in today’s session. One case that has been highly anticipated is the reappearance of Taedron Bennett and Joseph Kee for the 2006 murder of Phillip and Kevin Brannon. The infamous duo was […]
Also in the courts, Mark Seawell’s extradition case came up for another round of arguments in the preliminary inquiry. Seawell’s attorney Elson Kaseke, however, made an application to refer the issue of the type of P.I. Seawell is subjected to as well as the constitutionality of the Extradition Act to the Supreme Court. Priscilla Banner, […]
And a parolee is facing the possibility losing his freedom and that’s because thirty-one year old Barry Robinson allegedly attacked and robbed a nurse on Monday night. Bernadine Grinage, the wife of Dr. Egbert Grinage, was walking on Eyre Street at around eight p.m. when she was ambushed and hit in the head with a […]
In the Supreme Court, a conviction stuns the courtroom. Gary Gabourel was shot and killed in front of his wife and children on March twenty fifth of 2007. The gunman was later identified as Stewart Sutherland. Sutherland reportedly claimed that he shot Gabourel once with his sixteen gauge shot gun then fled the scene of […]
In last Tuesday’s newscast, we reported of an adult and two primary school students who were injured in a shooting spree in the Saint Martin De Porres Area. Well today, almost a week after the shooting, one man has been identified as the gunman. Twenty-two year old Ervin James was arraigned in the Belize City […]
Also in the courts, police have made yet another arrest in connection with the ongoing investigation by the Financial Intelligence Unit of money laundering in which the Coye family has been charged. The latest person to be charged happens to be a would-be witness in the case. Twenty-five year old Deitrich Kingston, a resident of […]
In the Magistrate’s Court today, police charged a man in connection with the gruesome murder earlier this week of thirty six year old Norman Gillett. The Vernon Street resident was gunned down on the compound of House of Commons around eight on Tuesday night. The alleged gunman, twenty one year old Herman Miranda Junior, lives […]
And upstairs, the current session of the Supreme Court closed today with a review of bail applications for a number of accused persons. Two high profile requests for bail were dealt with. Ladyville resident, Mark Sewell, who is presently awaiting extradition to the United States, and five persons accused in the Shoman family’s case. The […]
In April of this year, Arlene Garay and her cousin, Lloyd James, were arrested for one hundred and twenty-two grams of marijuana after a search of their house on Faber’s Road. But today, after the charge was dismissed against James for lack of evidence, Arlene was found guilty of drug trafficking. Her conviction came after […]
He has been on remand since yesterday for aggravated assault and today, eighteen year old Michael ‘Warrior’ Young was back in court and this time, for another incident where he was slapped with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm charges. Young is being accused of trying to kill Trevor Trapp […]
While the protest was going on downstairs, upstairs in the CJ Chambers, two former P.U.P. ministers were vindicated. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today ruled against a tort of Misfeasance in Public Office brought by the government against Jose Coye and Florencio Marin. It had to do with land transactions by CHEOP Enterprises while the two […]
But in the local courts, the money laundering case of the Coye Family was adjourned today. The case has had some unusual twists so far. First it was heard in court number one before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie, then it moved onto court number two before senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. But today Magistrate Flowers bowed […]
And a driver of Buttonwood Bay was charged today with an unusual charge. This morning, thirty six year old Jude Pennil of Buttonwood Bay appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford in Court number Four where he was charged with one count of exposing his person in public. Pennil pleaded not guilty to the charge and was […]
Also in the courts, a Belize City youth was charged with attempted murder this afternoon. Eighteen year old Leon Ebanks, a resident of seventeen miles on the Western Highway was charged with the attempted murder of Owen Jimenez and one count of wounding when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
Burglars are known to break into just about any place, but one thief has taken it one notch further and broke into a place known to service the dead. Kent Vernon aka ‘Krokus,’ is charged with the burglary of a funeral parlor. This morning Krokus appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
He is accused of robbing a minor but before he could complete his second attack on a group of three others in the King’s Park area, early on Independence Day, police on mobile patrol nabbed him in the act. But while twenty seven year old Lawrence Owen Longsworth is accused of robbery, he is levying […]
He bears the same name as the former Commissioner of Police, but sixty-three year old Gerald Westby acted outside of the law when he stabbed Conrad Guzman on Wednesday morning. Westby was arraigned today for Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb. Although […]
The Hattieville Prison is home to three more inmates tonight after Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie remanded them until October twenty sixth. Twenty four year olds, Lionel Brigal and Pedro Perez and twenty seven year old Jason Malic are charged in connection with an invasion at the home of Dale Perez which occurred on September twentieth. […]
Two of the country’s biggest money laundering cases went before the courts today. The manager/owner of Omni Networks and Fultec Systems, Dean Fuller is charged with laundering over six point five million dollars between October ninth 2007 and January first 2009. Fuller’s case is linked to the identity theft of numerous drivers from the Belize […]
His sensational case has been before the courts and in the media since 2007 and two weeks ago on September ninth, Lewis Leiva was convicted of raping an eighteen year old American tourist. But it wasn’t until today that the thirty-eight year old DJ and hotelier learned his fate. Justice Adolph Lucas this morning sentenced […]
Also in the courts, three men, including a Guatemalan presently residing in Belize City, were charged with Attempted Murder in separate incidents. The most recent incident occurred on Saturday night, September nineteenth during an altercation on North Front Street near the swing bridge. Clive Hyde, a resident of the area, claims he was on North […]
