In other court news, acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson, this afternoon perjury charges were filed against Gabby Affif’s secretary Ursula Hill. Hill appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser this afternoon and was formally arraigned on one count of Contradicting Previous Evidence and one count of Fabrication of Evidence. The […]
There is more evidence tonight of a serious breakdown in the criminal justice system … and the result is that suspects accused of some very serious crimes are not being prosecuted. The latest fiasco involves the case of fifty-three year old Roy William Terry, a resident of the Belize District charged with the rape of […]
Lawyer and Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow went head to head with the People’s United Party and its newspaper, the Belize Times in a libel suit today. The conflict concerns photographs and articles printed about fellow attorney–and former wife–Lois Young. Barrow appeared before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to file the action against the Times […]
This morning, another accused murderer walked out of the Belize City Supreme Court a free man. Today twenty-four year old Avondale Trumbach was allowed to go home after his attorney Ellis Arnold successfully argued a no case submission before Justice Michelle Arana. Trumbach, better known as Hogbone, was arrested following the death of seventeen Shawn […]
In February 2005, the death of Leslie Rogers Junior sparked public outrage and controversy. Tonight, the fact that the police officer who pulled the trigger is now a free man threatens to do more of the same. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Aldo Ayuso, Cleared of Charges ?Tremendous relief, after a year of going through […]
A guilty verdict handed down to a former Caye Caulker police officer has been upheld in the Court of Appeal. According to court reports, this morning Linsbert Willis appeared on behalf of Sheldon Arzu to argue that his client was unfairly convicted because the trial judge failed to properly instruct the jury before deliberations. Willis […]
Another man convicted of sexual assault has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Kevin Cadle, convicted of Carnal Knowledge and sentenced to six years in prison, was released from custody after the court cited numerous errors on the part of the trial judge, Justice Troadio Gonzales. These involve openly disparaging the defendant’s case, including […]
The legal wrangling in the ongoing battle for control of Belize Telecommunications Limited continued today in the Belize Court of Appeal. This morning, attorney Elson Kaseke, representing Solicitor General Edwin Flowers, appeared before Justices Mottley, Dennison and Sosa asking for a stay of the Chief Justice’s order to reinstate American investor Jeffrey Prosser to the […]
In an astonishing turn of events, a police officer convicted of rape and sentenced to twelve years behind bars, has had that verdict overturned and his sentence set aside. According to court reports, acting on his own behalf Evan Reynolds appeared before the Justices of the Court of Appeal this morning and successfully persuaded the […]
A Belize City man is tonight behind bars, accused of sexually molesting a ten year old girl. According to court reports, forty-nine year old Hilberto Perez appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord this morning and pled guilty to one count of Aggravated Assault against a minor and a second count of Harm. Perez was arrested […]
In court news from the Corozal District, the murder trial against three family members has ended with a guilty verdict. According to officials from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a jury of twelve unanimously convicted Giovanni Villanueva of Murder, Sharim Baeza was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit murder, while Javier Villanueva […]
Arthur Young is out on bail tonight, following proceedings in Belize City Magistrate’s Court earlier today. According to court reports, Young appeared with his attorney, Ellis Arnold before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today and pled not guilty to one count of Kept Unlicensed Firearm and one count of Kept Ammunition Without a License. Police prosecutor […]
It was sensational news back in April when three police officers were charged with carnal knowledge following a complaint filed by a fourteen year old girl. Today that case has come to an end as the last two defendants have had all charges against them dismissed. Twenty-five year old Gilroy Usher and twenty-six year old […]
While charges were dropped against one set of accused sexual predators, they were reinstated against another. The charges of Carnal Knowledge, Trafficking in Persons, Aggravated Assault and Obstruction were once again filed against sixty-nine year old Henry Stein. They had been thrown out last week after attorney Dickie Bradley successfully argued that the prosecution failed […]
Charges were also brought today against Albert Guy, the man who is accused of stealing a car from a taxi driver and knocking down two pedestrians as he fled a police road block on Monday afternoon. Guy has been charged with “Taking a Motor Vehicle Without Consent” and is expected to be additionally charged with […]
Tonight the man accused of shooting his wife in the chest over the weekend is behind bars at Hattieville Prison. According to court reports, this morning, thirty-one year old Ken Young was formally arraigned on the charges of manslaughter by negligence, manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault. The inclusion of the last two counts […]
Two men accused of murder and one charged with attempted murder, are free men tonight after the charges against them were withdrawn. Arthur Young, accused of the August 2002 murder of Jose Chavarria, Ronlee Petillo charged with the January 2006 murder of Dennis “Ticky” Gladden and Arden Smith Robinson, remanded for the attempted murder of […]
It is a criminal act that is repeated hundreds if not thousands of times each day and deprives the treasury of large sums of money … but for some reason, nobody ever seems to get busted for selling illegal lottery. Obviously something went wrong Friday night because cops actually arrested someone. The unfortunate merchant is […]
In an update to the controversy surrounding the annual general meeting of Belize Telecommunications Limited last Monday, this afternoon attorney Lionel Welch confirmed that he has spent much of the past week preparing to file contempt of court charges against the company’s board. According to Welch, all that remains are signatures on two affidavits … […]
Following reports on Friday that B.D.F. cardiologist Dr. John Gough had been detained for desertion; tonight we understand that he has since been demoted, fined and sentenced to confinement. According to Dr. George Gough, on Saturday his brother appeared before Commander Lloyd Gillett to answer to a charge of being absent without leave. The accusations […]
It was a scandal that left a black eye on the police department when back in April, three of its officers were arrested and charged for having sex with a minor. But tonight one of those men is celebrating after the charges against him were dropped. This morning in the courtroom of Magistrate Dorothy Flowers, […]
Two Guatemalans believed to be part of a gang of robbers who preyed on tourists in the Cayo District have been hit with enough charges to keep them in Hattieville until the next century. Marco Javier Chiquin-Molina and Geronimo Cortes-Gonzalez were brought before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord to be informed that not only were their […]
Two brothers have been arrested after police found a large quantity of stolen items at the family’s house. According to authorities, their investigation into a burglary that occurred between September fourteenth and September seventeenth at the Jewels of India shop inside the Tourism Village led them to a residence at North Creek Road in Belize […]
Southern environmental activists scored what they are calling a victory in the Supreme Court today after Justice Samuel Awich ordered all oil exploration activities in the Sarstoon Temash National Park to stop until an Environmental Impact Assessment has been concluded and approved. In presenting his decision, Awich declared that while three of the four grounds […]
We don’t usually run news of confiscation of unlicensed firearms … but the bust that occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning certainly rates a mention. The gun in question, a Glock nine millimetre pistol, was found by police in the pocket of twenty-two year old Raymond Myers when he was stopped at two […]
