An accountant has been fined a total of twelve thousand dollars for the forging of cheques. Thirty-eight year old Glenford Cadle of Corozal Town had pleaded guilty to three counts of forgery and three counts of claiming upon a forged document, when he appeared for sentencing this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas. Lucas ordered a […]
A convicted murderer’s plea to have his life sentence thrown out was denied today in the Court of Appeal. Philip Tillett was convicted for the June 2003 murder of Kirk Lee Gentle during a fight inside the walls of the Hattieville Prison. But Tillett and his attorney Leo Bradley Junior attempted to convince the Justices […]
In the midst of unabated reports of sex crimes against children, tonight there is news that a former police officer who was allegedly caught red handed molesting a minor has been acquitted of the crime. After deliberating for approximately two and a half hours this afternoon, the jury returned with a not guilty verdict for […]
The Belize Court of Appeal has decided the case of police officer Sherwood Wade. Wade, convicted in the Supreme Court of manslaughter by negligence in the 2003 killing of Darnell McDonald in Ladyville, had sought to overturn his conviction. The Director of Public Prosecutions also appealed, citing the four thousand dollar fine as too lenient. […]
Today a third person has been arrested and charged in connection with the attempted murder of Superintendent Edward Broaster. Twenty-four year old Kareem Cattouse appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb where he was arraigned for the indictable offence. Cattouse was also charged for aggravated assault and damage to property. Police say on the night of May […]
More than a year after a fatal traffic accident on the Northern Highway, today police charged the driver involved with manslaughter. In February, Family Court coordinator, fifty-two year old Myrna Willoughby knocked down seventy-two year old Catalina Vera near the Divine Mercy Church at mile two and a half. Following their investigations, authorities have arrested […]
He was originally charged for theft, but if police have their way, thirty-three year old Lester Smith will face a whole lot more. This afternoon Smith, who appeared before Magistrate Herbert Lord, was charged and remanded to Hattieville Prison until July fourteenth. Evidently disgruntled with this decision, he tried to make a run for it […]
Tales of modern day indentured servitude have long been circulated in Belize, centring largely on the East Indian and Mainland Chinese communities. Young men and women are said to come over on spuriously obtained visas and once in the country they must work off their passage and “sponsorship” by spending long days and nights behind […]
A man convicted of manslaughter in the Belize City Supreme Court has been sentenced to thirteen years behind bars. This morning Justice Troadio Gonzalez told the defendant Trevor Gill, “For the crime of manslaughter, the court can impose a sentence of life imprisonment. You were charged for murder and the jury considered rightly, when you […]
In other news from the courts, today a witness who changed his story on the stand during a murder trial has been charged for the offence. Donald Gaskin appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser today and pleaded not guilty to fabrication of evidence and contradicting previous evidence. He has been granted bail in the amount of […]
A woman convicted of breaking a car’s windshield today asked a magistrate to forget about any fine and just send her to jail. Twenty-one year old Merlene Clarke of Ladyville was charged with damage to property following an incident on June eleventh at Mitchel Estate. She had apparently been drinking and fighting and at some […]
Tonight an accused murderer is a free man after the prosecution’s star witness changed his story on the witness stand. According to court reports, up until this morning, Jason Paulino had been charged with the murder of Nicholee Lewis. Lewis was gunned down outside the Bismarck Club in Belize City in February 2004. The day […]
When City Hall was burglarized early Friday morning with no signs of forced entry, it was concluded that the heist had to be an “inside job”. Today thirty-three year old Shirley Arzu, a security guard on duty at the time, was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for the burglary. According to court reports, Lloydia Flowers, Acting […]
It was a dramatic tale in July 2003 … a husband and wife ambushed by masked and armed gunmen at their St. Paul’s Bank village home. Percival Flowers and Cecilia Stephenson barely escaped with their lives but on Monday night in the Belize City Supreme Court, the men they accused: Eugene Carter, Aaron Miller and […]
Five men were remanded to Hattieville Prison today after being arraigned on robbery charges and handling stolen goods. Nineteen year old Aaron Brooks, twenty year old Wilfred Peters, thirty-six year old Arthur Benneth, twenty year old Cardinal Coleman and twenty-four year old Kareem Benneth appeared this morning before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord and pleaded not […]
One month after being on remand, this morning, accused killers Taedron Bennett, Ricardo Aguilar and Joseph Kee reappeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. The matter has been adjourned until July seventeenth and during today’s proceedings, Lord indicated that at their next court appearance, the date for disclosure of the […]
A career criminal will spend the next two decades behind bars following a robbery conviction in Magistrate’s Court today. Twenty-three year old Gary Wilson White was found guilty of two counts of robbery and sentenced to two consecutive seven year sentences. The thing is White is already serving a ten year sentence in connection with […]
A Belize City man has been found guilty in connection with the death of Anthony Flowers last February. Late this afternoon in the Supreme Court, a jury of seven women and five men convicted Trevor “Flour” Gill of manslaughter after three hours of deliberation. Gill had initially been charged with murder after the victim, Anthony […]
A former security guard has been arraigned for stealing while on the job. Thirty-five year old Michael Woods appeared today before Magistrate Harrison Hulett, where he was charged with two counts of theft and one count of burglary. The charges arose out of an incident on April first in which Woods, employed by Blackhawk Security, […]
Charges of murder have been withdrawn against three men and a woman accused of killing Sherwin Yarwood. Acting on a memo from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, today Magistrate Dorothy Flowers had no choice but to dismiss the murder and conspiracy charges against Erwin Adolphus, Terrence Bailey, Jerry Busch, and Shinnette Staine. […]
An accused murderer has been slapped with a new offence … a sexual assault allegedly committed two years ago. Details remain sketchy but apparently, twenty-six year old Edward Arthurs, the man charged with the murder of sixty-two year old security guard Oliver Blanco, has been positively identified by a Belize City woman as the man […]
A woman is out on bail tonight after she stabbed her former common law husband on Friday evening. According to court reports, the victim, thirty-nine year old Randoloph Galvez of Roaring Creek was about to get into a taxi on Orange Street in Belize City when his ex, forty-five year old Myrtle Marin of Mahogany […]
After two days of presentations in the Supreme Court, this afternoon Justice Samuel Awich handed down a decision in favour of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management in its case against the Government of Belize. Awich placed an injunction on oil exploration activities by U.S. Capital Energy in the Sarstoon Temash National Park and […]
Just when you thought that recent incidents of sexual assault on minors had reached the lowest depths of depravity, along comes a case that can only make us weep with shame. Today in Magistrate’s Court thirty-three year old Wilfred Gillett was charged with six counts of rape and six counts of carnal knowledge, while his […]
Also in court today was a young man who is alleged to have put a merciless beating on an elderly resident of the twin towns. Sgt. Gilroy Nicholas, O.C., San Ignacio Police Station ?The way how this guy attacked this poor old man, who was working so hard for his living, so we made an […]
