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The accident occurred on Christmas Eve of 2016 as Noble drove his pickup truck on the George Price Highway heading home. There were allegations that he was under the influence when the accident occurred, Noble knocked down and killed Meyers Junior between miles three and four; Meyers Junior was riding his bicycle travelling in the […]
Written on November 4, 2019 | Posted in
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The Court of Appeal has been meeting this week. A number of cases were heard including one linked to the murder of Christopher Galvez. Twenty-three-year-old Galvez was murdered execution-style on December twenty-second, 2009. The young man was fatally shot at the Pipersburgh’s Boatyard near mile two and a half on the Western Highway. At the […]
Written on November 1, 2019 | Posted in
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Convicted killer, Hernan Manzanero appeared before the Justices this morning. Manzanero, who was represented by attorney Leeroy Banner, appealed his murder conviction and twenty-five-year sentence but the Justices dismissed Manzanero’s appeal, reaffirming his conviction and sentencing. Manzanero returns to the Belize Central Prison where he will continue to serve twenty-five years for the 2011 murder […]
Written on November 1, 2019 | Posted in
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As the weekend starts, the police is carrying out anti-gang activities in neighbourhoods in the City. Three men who were arrested and charged pleaded guilty to court for the offense of being members of a gang. They are eighteen-year-old Delbert Flowers, twenty-four-year-old Ralph Quintin Martinez, and twenty-year-old Shemaud Nuñez. Martinez and Flowers are members of […]
Written on November 1, 2019 | Posted in
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The Court of Appeal is in its second week of sittings; today convicted murderer, Edwin Hernan Castillo saw his conviction substituted with manslaughter. Some two years ago, forty-year-old Castillo was convicted of murder for the June 2012 stabbing death of his friend, Alberto Ack in Yo Creek Village, Orange Walk. Ack and Castillo, who were […]
Written on October 31, 2019 | Posted in
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There was an itinerant sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice here in Belize City this morning inside Courtroom Number One of the Supreme Court. The Maya Leaders Alliance, as well as representatives from the Attorney General’s Office, appeared once again before the appellate jurisdiction to present compliance and status reports in line with a […]
Written on October 30, 2019 | Posted in
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According to Coc, following the C.C.J.’s consent order, the Government of Belize individually selected Dinah Shelton, Professor Emeritus at George Washington University Law School, as the expert to guide the process forward. In light of Shelton’s existing health condition, another consultant has since been chosen to succeed her, but government is yet to formalize that […]
Written on October 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Since being identified as Shelton’s successor, the Maya Leaders Alliance has reached out to Dean Rosa Solario, also an academic administrator at George Washington University Law School. Coc says several complaints have been forwarded to Solario for her perusal ahead of the formal appointment. Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, Maya Leaders Alliance “We have reached out […]
Written on October 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court dismissed a case against the Government of Belize that was brought by Manuel Pop, who at the time was First Alcalde of Santa Cruz Village which is one of twenty-three indigenous communities. The lawsuit against G.O.B. and Rupert Myles was filed in 2016 whereby the claimant was seeking damages. […]
Written on October 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Late this evening, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from twenty-one-year-old Kevaughan Staine, upholding his conviction for the attempted murder of Taisha Staine. Kevaughan was found guilty in October 2018 and was sentenced to ten years in prison for the attempted murder of nineteen-year-old Taisha. His attorney, Hubert Elrington, argued that the trial judge […]
Written on October 29, 2019 | Posted in
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The Principals of Breaking Belize News an online news blog appeared before the Court of Appeal this afternoon. A contempt of court charge was brought against the online news publication after it published a story on April fifth. On that day, a case about the I.C.J. referendum was up for case management which is not […]
Written on October 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore has reserved judgment in the murder trial of the century that paralyzed the nation with gruesome details, scandalous accusations and serious allegations against ministers. William Danny Mason, a Guyanese national whose goes by the name Rajesh Ouelette stands accused of kidnapping and decapitating Pastor Llewelyn Lucas three years ago in July […]
Written on October 25, 2019 | Posted in
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Also making closing arguments today was attorney Norman Rodriguez who is representing Ashton Vanegas. According to Rodriguez, the prosecution has failed to call on any witness to provide evidence that his client was involved in the murder of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas. Rodriguez asked the court to not consider the evidence presented by the prosecution who, […]
Written on October 25, 2019 | Posted in
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Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford has committed Antwan Rivero to stand trial for the murder of thirty-seven-year-old Marcia Melissa Downs, a mother of two. Rivero is to be tried in the January 2020 session of the Supreme Court. Downs was gunned down on the night of April eleventh in 2018. She was at the gate of […]
Written on October 25, 2019 | Posted in
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U.S. national, Robert Blackford, pleaded guilty to possession of two hundred and six grams of cannabis when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford this morning. For his guilty plea, Magistrate Ford fined him one thousand dollars plus five dollars cost of court, which he is required to pay by December thirtieth. Failure to pay […]
Written on October 25, 2019 | Posted in
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This morning, Jaime Marin, was escorted to court for arraignment for the murder of his cousin, Isaac Marin and a slew of other charges. Seventeen-year-old Isaac was stabbed on Tuesday night inside his home at Caye Caulker and perished soon after while receiving treatment at the clinic. His brother, Carlos, also came under attack from […]
Written on October 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The murder trial of William Danny Mason and the other four men accused of killing Pastor Llewellyn Lucas continued today with closing arguments inside the Belmopan Supreme Court. The trial has almost concluded, with just three attorneys left to make their closing arguments. Those closing statements started on Wednesday with Mason’s attorney Dexter Todd. His […]
Written on October 24, 2019 | Posted in
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You have heard about the D.P.P.’s closing arguments on how Pastor Lucas was killed as a joint enterprise between Mason and the other accused men. Late on Wednesday, Mason’s attorney, Dexter Todd, said that there is no compelling evidence against his client and that the crown has presented purely circumstantial evidence. Dexter Todd, […]
Written on October 24, 2019 | Posted in
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A secretary for the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court was convicted of theft at the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court for theft. Forty-nine year-old Dorkas Caliz was charged for stealing one thousand dollars from the Court on December sixth, 2013. The magistrate imposed a non-custodial sentence upon the former senior court employee and she was fined two thousand dollars or in […]
Written on October 23, 2019 | Posted in
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William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Kieron Fernandez, Terrence Fernandez, and Ernest Castillo were back in the Belmopan Supreme Court today as the trial continued. As we reported on Monday, the trial resumed before Justice Antoinette Moore where U.S. Special Agent provided testimony about a report that Mason made. Mason told him that he was allegedly […]
Written on October 22, 2019 | Posted in
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In July 2018, Supreme Court Justice Shona Griffith ruled in favour of Bhrea Bowen who successfully sued the Gang Suppression Unit for violating her constitutional rights. In July 2012, Bowen who was fourteen-year-old was arrested by G.S.U. officers who went in search for her at a summer camp. They did so after they conducted a search […]
Written on October 22, 2019 | Posted in
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The infamous Bert Vasquez appeared in the Court of Appeal this afternoon. Vasquez, who remains incarcerated on sex charges, appeared unrepresented to appeal a 2018 conviction for forcible abduction and sexual assault on a sixteen-year-old female minor. In June, Vasquez told the court that no attorney wanted to take his case and he sought to […]
Written on October 22, 2019 | Posted in
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Ignatius Williams, a notorious figure of the Saint Martin’s de Porres area, was convicted late on Monday in the Supreme Court for the stabbing of a Field Service Technician of Belize City. A jury of nine stepped into the deliberating room before noon and emerged some three hours later concluding that Williams is guilty of […]
Written on October 22, 2019 | Posted in
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Tonight, a former murder suspect is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was nabbed in Ladyville in possession of an unlicensed firearm. Thirty-one-year-old Michael Edward Pook was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for kept firearm without a gun license and kept ammunition without a license. […]
Written on October 22, 2019 | Posted in
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The Court of Appeals this morning handed down a ruling in favour of Calaney Flowers, who in 2017, was acquitted of the murder of her ex-boyfriend Lyndon Morrison. The application for leave to appeal was brought by the office of the Director of Public Prosecution on the grounds that the findings of the trial judge, now-retired Justice Troadio […]
Written on October 21, 2019 | Posted in
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