History was not made in the cramped confines of courtroom number one this morning as Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord denied bail to the Brown brothers. In prefacing his ruling, Lord maintained that even though the case gets more difficult everyday and there is no end in sight, his decision today is based strictly on the […]
There has been yet another change in direction in the legal wrangling over control of B.T.L., but depending on who you talk to, Monday’s ruling by the Belize Court of Appeal changes everything… or nothing at all. The Court of Appeal has set aside three of four declarations made by the Supreme Court Chief Justice […]
It might have been put on the back burner recently, but latest word out of the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry reveals that its members have been hard at work. Via a press release issued this week, Chairman David Price maintains that data collected so far include board meeting minutes and papers, loan files, a loan […]
Forty-one year old Hubert Bennett hid his face today as he was taken across to Magistrate’s Court on charges that he stabbed an eighteen-year-ld to death. On Friday night, Tiquan Emmanuel was outside a club on Western Avenue when it is alleged that Bennett stabbed him numerous times to his chest and arm. It is […]
A youth accused of shooting a man, over another bicycle, was charged with attempted murder this week and remanded to Hattieville. In addition, eighteen-year-old Owen McFoy appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers on Monday and was also arraigned on charges of use of deadly means of harm, grievous harm, and aggravated assault for the incident on […]
Another youth has been charged in the hold-up at St. John’s College last week. Twenty-three year old Kenroy Gentle of Mopan Street was today charged with five counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. He joins three others, Paul Rubio, Teddy Reyes, and Herman “Yagga” Morris now sitting in Hattieville Prison awaiting trial for […]
Belize City police have charged a fifteen-year-old minor in connection with the attempted murder of another fifteen-year-old. Police say their investigations have led them to strongly believe their young suspect was along with thirteen-year-old Andrew Wallace, who they alleged shot after the teenager. Wallace was later killed by a policeman’s bullet after he pointed his […]
Corozal police have arrested the driver of a minivan for a fatal traffic accident over the weekend. Forty-three year old Hugo Espinoza of Chan Chen Village has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care and attention, and failure to render aid. Espinoza is accused of knocking down […]
Three men have been charged for a robbery in Bermudian Landing and a subsequent shootout with police. Surprisingly, one of them, Ernie Miranda, is a teacher and instructor at the Hattieville Correctional Facility. Miranda, Frank Elijio, and Erleon Garbutt appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today where they pleaded not guilty to robbery, aggravated assault, […]
A Belize City man accused of burglarizing his common-law wife?s home was additionally charged with suppression of evidence. The charge arose when Jacqueline Welch appeared before Magistrate Margaret McKenzie on Friday, and told the court she wished to drop the burglary charges against Gregory Williams. When questioned as to whether she was doing so of […]
The shooting death of thirteen-year-old Andrew Wallace over the weekend remains under investigation, but his story and that of so many other young people who fall victim to violent crime or get caught up committing them are far too common. Today, News Five caught up with a group of youth leaders who are trying to […]
