Twenty-nine-year-old Meshek Banner, a resident of Western Paradise, appeared unrepresented in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford today where he was arraigned for the attempted murder of his common-law wife. The electrician was read a single charge for attempting to take the life of thirty-six-year-old Orlette Sanchez on Sunday, when he inflicted a stab […]
Charles Foreman Junior, who was in lawful custody for common assault against his girlfriend, has been slapped with another charge after casually walking out of the Queen Street Police Station without being formally released. According to the Pickstock Street resident, when none of the officers on duty paid him any attention at the precinct, he […]
Brothers Delson and Tionne Paguada, as well as thirty-seven-year-old Timothy Carcamo, will be tried in the October session of the Supreme Court for the January 2018 murder of Paul Jex Jr. The trio is accused of orchestrating and carrying out the execution of the notorious street figure in the San Mateo area of San Pedro […]
In the Court of Appeal this morning, incarcerated sex offender Bert Vasquez represented himself before the bench in an attempt to appeal a conviction that was handed down in November 2018 for attempted rape. Vasquez, who is serving a ten-year sentence for forcible abduction, sexual assault and harm against a sixteen-year-old minor, took the stand […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington appeared before the Court of Appeal this morning where, in his private capacity as a shareholder in the legally embattled Progresso Heights Limited, is appealing the outcome of a matter before the high court. According to Elrington, he believes that there may have been financial impropriety taking place within the […]
The trial of Corporal Leonard Nunez and Police Constable Hallett King, charged for manslaughter in the death of eighteen-year-old Hilbert Sotz, commenced today in the courtroom of Justice Collin Williams. Both officers were initially charged with murder following the death of the Caye Caulker resident while in police custody. Hilbert Sotz was detained on the […]
Twenty-one-year-old Mark Waight is accused of murder in the shooting death of Amandala reporter Kareem Clarke back in July 2015. Today, he also appeared before Justice Collin Williams where his trial resumed. Last week when the matter commenced, the Crown’s main witness Orlett Bevans failed to show up in court. A bench warrant was subsequently […]
Oliver Peters, who was charged back in 2014 for the stabbing death of his uncle, has been found not guilty of murder. Forty-seven-year-old Thomas Eugene Ferguson Senior was stabbed once to the chest in December 2013 and was admitted to the K.H.M.H. where he received medical treatment until he succumbed to the injury on February […]
Twenty-four-year-old Kyle Zetina and eighteen-year-old Shawn Flores are tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned earlier today on the principal charges of murder. Both men are accused of carrying out an unthinkable act of violence which left three persons dead, including Alarice Andrewin, the Acting Principal of Excelsior High School. The […]
Another alleged George Street gang member is behind bars after he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He is Marvin Phillips; a resident of Belama area in Belize City. This morning, Phillips in the presence of his attorney, Leeroy Banner, appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford where he was read a single charge of being […]
A heavy machine operator from Belize City is out on bail tonight after he was caught using a vehicle license sticker belonging to the Belize City Council. David Tillett was arraigned this morning for handling stolen goods when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. Allegations are that on June seventh, he dishonestly assisted in […]
Tonight, twenty-eight-year-old Troy Banner stands accused of killing his own child. This morning in Belmopan, Banner was arraigned on a single charge of manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of two-month-old baby Thevane, who died of injuries consistent with Battered Child Syndrome. The prosecution objected to bail due to the seriousness of the crime. Banner’s […]
A mental health patient is arraigned and remanded to jail pending psychiatric evaluation. Collin Francis Junior appeared before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, charged for the attempted murder of psychiatric nurse practitioner, Augustina Elijio. On Tuesday morning, Francis Junior visited the Port Loyola Health Centre and was given his treatment. He returned in the afternoon, reportedly […]
A teenager has been arraigned for the armed robbery of popular Sunnyside Bakery on Racecourse Street in Belize City. “Sunny and Tan,” as it is otherwise known, was targeted by robbers six days ago and police have since been able to charge one of the alleged suspects. Damion Saldano of Euphrates Avenue was arraigned this […]
The case against Andre Vega commenced today before Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel. It made headlines back in 2016 when it was reported that Vega, who is the son of the then Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, received a huge financial compensation for prime land near Haulover Bridge. The land in question is more than […]
Then there is the political angle of it all. As we mentioned, Andre Vega is the son of former U.D.P. Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega who was the minister at the time of the land transaction. A release from the government in 2016 stated that Vega had breached the terms of an agreement after compensation. […]
Henry Jacobs has been sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole after serving twenty years. That was the decision made by Justice Marilyn Williams. Back in 2018, Jacobs was found guilty of the 2012 murder of Brian Welch, aka “Yankee” or “Oregon.” Welch was shot multiple times to the mouth, chest and […]
Found guilty in absentia, Carlos Coronado has been fined ten thousand dollars and must spend three years in prison. Coronado learnt his fate while behind bars serving time for another criminal matter. On Monday, Magistrate Michelle Trapp informed the prisoner of his sentence after he was found guilty of trafficking over two and a half […]
In the lower courts this afternoon, attorney Andrew Bennett appeared once again before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazier, where he continues to face extradition to the United States for his purported role in a money laundering operation. Bennett is represented by fellow attorneys Anthony Sylvestre and Iliana Swift. During today’s proceedings, concerns were raised about electronic […]
According to Bradley, the issue of Bennett’s constitutional rights will be heard in the Supreme Court. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney-at-law “From what the lawyers have said to the Chief Magistrate, one of that violation has to do with Mr. Bennett‘s correspondence, his communications. Apparently there are lots of information on WhatsApp between Mr. Bennett […]
F ifty-two-year-old Luis Gordon was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to use of deadly means of harm. In 2014, Gordon was charged for the attempted murder of his brother-in-law who was injured during a chopping incident at the family residence on Amara Avenue. Gordon, who was convicted in August 2014 for […]
A seventeen-year-old minor and two adults have been freed of conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of Lynford Baldwin. The trio appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser and saw the case dismissed due to lack of evidence against them. On May twentieth, eighteen-year-old Denver Bevans, twenty-two-year-old Joshua Gillett and the minor were arraigned […]
Sixty-seven-year-old Frank Arnold is fighting for his life at the K.H.M.H., after he was stabbed multiple times by Ronald Flowers, who is known in the neighbourhood to be suffering from a mental health condition. The elderly man was exiting an unnamed alley off Neal’s Penn Road Extension in Belize City when he was attacked. Today, […]
Also in the courts today, PC Leon Bradley was freed from the charge of harm. This was after his estranged girlfriend twenty-year-old Ashley Pate told the court that she does not want to proceed with legal actions against the twenty-four-year-old police officer. In April, PC Bradley was arraigned before Magistrate Emmerson Banner after he was […]
Earlier this week, we reported on a shooting incident in Placencia in which Francis Eiley was shot in the leg during an altercation with his neighbour. Initial reports were that the two had a dispute over land and it came to a head on Monday night in the village. Today, police confirmed that Terrence Lopez […]
