Today, the Magistrate’s Court found former police corporal, Elmer Nah not guilty of possession of a cache of firearms, ammunition and bulletproof vests. He was intercepted on the night of November sixth, along with his common-law-wife, Epifania Caliz, and her brother, former Police Constable Manuel Caliz, in a vehicle on the Southern Highway. But Senior […]
Almost ten months have elapsed since the gruesome execution of Jon, David and Vivian Ramnarace in Belmopan. Tonight, the case against the accused, former police officer, Elmer Nah, is one step closer to being heard inside the Belmopan High Court. The Government of Belize has hired a special prosecutor for the case, as was promised […]
Belize City resident thirty-seven-year-old, Rodman Welch is on trial for the 2020 murder of Shakeem Dennison. Exactly, three years ago today, Dennison was shot and killed at the Yarborough Bridge in Belize City and Welch, a father of four, was soon after arrested and charged by police for the crime. Today, the case ended in […]
Today, the trial against attorney Oscar Selgado continued before Justice Nigel Pilgrim. As we reported, Selgado is standing trial for abetment to commit murder. When the matter was adjourned seven days ago, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was still on the witness stand. The court was preparing to hear several recorded phone calls of conversations […]
In the phone recordings played in court, Ramirez is heard telling the Commissioner of Police and the DPP that he received death threats and as a result, is afraid of the consequences he may face if he was to testify in person. The DPP is then heard explaining to Ramirez that her job is to […]
The matter has been adjourned to November sixth. In his testimony from the stand, Selgado told the court that he received a copy of phone records from B.T.L. that reveals he never used his phone to contact anyone named Giovanni Ramirez. Selgado’s attorney, Adolph Lucas also spoke with us. Adolph Lucas, Attorney “The situation […]
A notorious street figure in Orange Walk is wanted in Mexico for murder. Thirty-four-year-old Nimrod Tillett has been acquitted of murder three times in Belize. But, he may now have to answer before a court in Mexico for a murder he allegedly committed in that country four years ago. This morning, Tillett was wheeled into […]
A week ago the Meighan brothers were found not guilty of being members of a gang. But tonight, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has officially informed the brothers that they are appealing the ruling. In their acquittal, the Senior Magistrate ruled that despite evidence being brought before the court that proves a […]
Today in the High Court of Belize, Justice Patricia Farnese handed down a decision, following a hearing in a matter involving businessman Kevin Xin, a director and shareholder of Caribbean International Brewery, the bottlers of Mine Beer. On October third of last year, a raid was carried out at the C.I.B. compound in Carmelita Village […]
Senior Counsel Barrow explains what the High Court ruling means for his client, as well as a likely course of action in respect of a claim for damages. Isani Cayetano “What does this now mean for your client and the operations of the Caribbean International Brewery and what other form of redress would you […]
The trial against Attorney Oscar Selgado for abetment to commit murder, continued today at the High Court. At the start of the trial on Monday, six witnesses took the stand. Marlyn Barnes, the woman who Selgado allegedly contracted Giovanni Ramirez to kill, was the first to take the stand. She told the court that she […]
Attorney Oscar Selgado was charged back in July 2019, for the crime of abetment to commit murder. Selgado’s trial began today inside the High Court. Back in 2019, he was accused of asking a client to carry out a hit for him. The client in this case was Giovanni Ramirez, a man who was charged […]
We also heard from Senior Counsel, Adolf Lucas Senior, the attorney representing Selgado. Lucas says all the evidence that the Director of Public Prosecution has led up to this point are secondary and insignificant to the substantive matter. He gave us further details of today’s proceedings. Adolf Lucas Sr. SC, Attorney-At-Law “The prosecution who […]
Earlier today, twenty-eight-year-old Aaron Flowers was acquitted of the offense of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a woman. The businessman of the Lord’s Bank area is no stranger to the law and over the weekend he was detained of an old incident that occurred in mid-September where he allegedly pulled a firearm on a […]
Thirty-two-year-old Stanwell Bernardez, a construction worker of Antelope Street Extension, was read a single charge today when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate. Bernardez was arraigned earlier today on a charge of going equipped. That’s after he was found in possession of a pair of nine inch pliers and a small screwdriver. It is alleged […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with the arrest of two men for probably the most callous murder for 2023. Last Thursday, we brought you the gripping images of the murder of forty-three-year-old David “Goofy” Phillips, whose body was discovered in the Western Pines residential area at Mile eight on the George Price Highway. Phillips’s head was […]
Accused of being member of a gang, Tyrone, Ellis and Shaquille Meighan were acquitted this afternoon due to a lack of sufficient evidence. In February 2020, the three brothers were taken before the Magistrate’s court where they were each arraigned for allegedly being the member of a gang, namely the Ghost Town Crips. At the […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Calvin McKay is spending the next three years in prison after he was convicted for two curfew violations during the states of emergency in 2020 at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. McKay appeared before the Chief Magistrate today on a pair of drug-related offenses, including one count of possession of an undetermined quantity […]
In the lower courts today, twenty-five-year-old Tyrek Tyrone Gillett, a police officer, was granted bail after being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her. Gillett, a resident of Curl Thompson Street, appeared unrepresented before a magistrate where he was read two charges: one count of common assault and another for use of […]
Thirty-five-year-old Jared Ranguy, accused of killing his parents and his sibling in November 2012, was scheduled to appear before the High Court today for a case management conference. But, like other matters that have been scheduled for the start of the October session, Ranguy’s case has been adjourned to a later date. That’s because five […]
A resident of Police Street who is presently on remand for a murder committed in 2022, has been found guilty of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a police officer. Earl Baptist was convicted of the offense upon Police Constable Darrel Myers. When he appeared without counsel in the Magistrate’s Court earlier today, Baptist chose […]
Twenty-four-year-old Kevaughn Middleton, a barber of Caesar Ridge Road, remains at the Belize Central Prison awaiting bail. That’s because he was arraigned on July tenth on several criminal offenses, including attempted murder, wounding, and use of deadly means of harm upon security guard Kelvin Todd. When Middleton appeared before a Senior Magistrate today he learned […]
Tonight, Leroy Ramsey is spending his first night behind bars after he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison for firearm offenses. The thirty-seven-year-old North Creek resident was busted on Saturday during the Carnival Road March with a loaded nine millimeter pistol with five live rounds in its magazine. He was arrested and charged for […]
James Kojo Efrimea, a national of Sierra Leone, accused immigration officials of extortion back in July when it was discovered that he illegally entered Belize. On July tenth, he attempted to leave for Cuba via a flight at the Philip Goldson International Airport. A red flag was raised and the Sierra Leonean was removed from […]
Thirty-eight-year-old Police Constable Mauricio Cobb pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting his colleague at the Ladyville Police Station on Monday evening. According to the female officer who filed a complaint against Cobb, they were on a police issued motorcycle when they went to drop off food for a fellow officer. She stated that she smelled […]
