A sentence of three years behind bars was meted out to two teenagers for the crime of Robbery. Nineteen year old Valentine Baptist and eighteen year old David Sutherland re-appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie today after they were found guilty of Robbery last Friday. The two accused chose to remain silent when they were […]
In another robbery case today, twenty-one year old Jason Joseph pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and was remanded until June eleventh. Joseph is charged in connection with the armed hold up of Jose Ketz on Friday. Ketz is the manager of Creative Marketing on Allenby Street and he had […]
In the Supreme Court, a man was found guilty of Robbery today by a jury of eight women and one man. The jury took over three hours to deliver their verdict upon Allen James. James was also charged with Attempted Murder but was found not guilty of that offense. Justice Adolph Lucas has deferred sentencing […]
Two men were in court today charged with Attempted Murder and Robbery and at the end of their trial, twenty-seven year old Marvin Ottley walked free, while Allen James was not so lucky. Ottley’s attorney, Oswald Twist, entered a no case submission, which was upheld by Justice Adolph Lucas. The jury of eight women and […]
Also in court, thirty-three year old Nathaniel Thomas pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods on Monday and today he was back before a magistrate. This time he is facing the charge of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. Thomas opted for a not guilty plea but he was not offered bail because of the firearm offence […]
Two minors find themselves in police custody for Tuesday night’s armed robbery of the New Fortune Restaurant. Forty-seven year old Xin Ye Zuang told police that while attending to her customers around seven o’clock, two robbers; one who was armed with a silver handgun entered the restaurant and held them up. Zuang says that the […]
In the Supreme Court, a jury of seven women and two men deliberated for about two hours today before they found thirty-nine year old taxi driver, Levi Jackson, guilty of raping a thirty year old mother of four. The trial Judge, Justice Oswell Legall, adjourned sentencing to this coming Friday to give Jackson, who appeared […]
In an update to the murder of sixty-eight year old business woman, Rosa Cristina Cornejo, two persons, an adult and a minor have been arrested and charged for her homicide. The woman, who was the owner of a store at Market Square in the capital, originally hailed from El Salvador. She was reported missing from […]
Two brothers who are also partners in crime appeared in court today charged with Robbery. Twenty-four year old Emerson Neal and eighteen year old Alrick Carcamo pleaded not guilty but could not be offered bail and were remanded into custody until June fifth. Carcamo was additionally charged with Keeping a Firearm and Ammunition Without a […]
A suspect was before Magistrate Sharon Fraser today for the rape of a twelve year old school girl. His name, however, will not yet be released because an identification parade is still pending and the young girl was sitting the P.S.E. today. The suspect faces charges of Rape and an Unnatural Crime. No plea was […]
Also in the courts, thirty-eight year old former security guard George Banner had a change of heart and pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. Because Banner does not have a previous conviction, Magistrate Albert Hoare fined him three thousand dollars instead of handing out a custodial sentence. He was given until June fourth to […]
The Belize Bank this afternoon reacted to conflicting media reports on a ruling last Thursday by Justice Minnet Hafiz in the Supreme Court against the government in which GOB was ordered to pay the costs of A.C.B. in bringing this case. Last week Justice Hafiz delivered a judgment in the case brought by the A.C.B. […]
The Association of Concerned Belizeans and Senator Godwin Hulse in 2007 filed a claim in the Supreme Court against the Government of Belize challenging the guarantee for Universal Health Services signed by the Government in favour of the Belize Bank. Today the Supreme Court ruled in that case. Attorney for the Belize Bank, Andrew Marshalleck […]
In other news, this time from the Privy Council in London, this past Tuesday April twenty-eighth, the Council handed down a judgment in a dispute between prominent Belizean business people – William and Jimmy Quinto and Santiago Castillo Limited involving a parcel of land. The facts of the case are that the Quintos were the […]
Arguments have concluded in the judicial review in the case of former Prime Minister Said Musa. The hearing began on Monday and today Senior Counsel Edwin Flowers, lead attorney for Musa wrapped up arguments before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, rebutting Tuesday’s submissions by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt. In his presentation, Flowers maintained […]
Arguments were presented today by Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt in the judicial review of Magistrate Earl Jones ruling to commit former Prime Minister Said Musa to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Musa is facing charges for the theft of ten million US dollars from the government of Venezuela. In court this morning […]
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh began hearing of the judicial review of the case of former Prime Minster Said Musa this morning. Attorneys for Musa spent the day submitting their arguments seeking to overturn Musa’s committal to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Musa was charged with the theft of ten million U.S. dollars on December […]
A cyclist has a whole lot to worry about after he allegedly tried to knock down a senior police officer. Forty-six year old Ray Cattouse Junior is accused of attempting to knock down Senior Superintendent of Police Chester Williams. The incident occurred on November first, 2008. According to Williams, he was driving his vehicle on […]
And in the south, three individuals have been charged with the sexual abuse of two fifteen year old girls. In the first case, twenty-one year old Weston Caliz and thirty-five year old Glenmore Parham were arrested and charged by the Toledo Police for Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The incident involved a fifteen year old minor of […]
A Chinese businessman appeared in court today accused of handling “hot stuff.” Jian Huan Jiang of Orange Street was busted on Wednesday with a Dell laptop belonging to Smart Belize Limited. Jiang pleaded not guilty to the charge of Handling Stolen Goods and was offered bail of four thousand dollars. He is scheduled to return […]
In more news from the courts, one of two prison officers finds himself tonight on the opposite side of prison bars. He was unable to meet bail for allegedly trying to smuggle about two pounds of cannabis into the prison. Twenty-nine year old Eloy Shedrack Martinez and thirty-nine year old Dehinde Fashanu were additionally charged […]
A sixteen year old boy, one of two persons who police suspect was involved in a murder and robbery, was charged in the Family Court today. The minor was charged with Murder, Robbery and Aggravated Burglary and was remanded in custody at Boot Camp until May twentieth. The charges stem from the murder of thirty-four […]
In court news, an electrician who allegedly knocked down his wife won’t go home to her tonight. Fifty-four year old Rudolph Dawson, also known as “Acid”, was charged today with Attempted Murder, Harm and Aggravated Assault. Magistrate Sharon Fraser did not take a plea because the case may go to the Supreme Court and she […]
A Burrell Boom construction worker is behind bars tonight on charges of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Grievous Harm. Thirty-four year old Secundino Cho was accused of having sex with a thirteen year old girl and when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie today, no plea was taken from him and he was remanded until […]
Also in court today, twenty-eight year old Chadrick Chatam was charged for holding up King’s Music last Friday night. Chatam pleaded not guilty but could not be offered bail and was remanded into custody until May twentieth. The store’s manager, forty-six year old Maria Lisbey, reported that she was at King’s Music along with the […]
