
Seventeen-year-old Lorden John Dominique met his death at a New Year’s party at the Indies Nightclub in 2008. It was Tuesday January 1, 2008 and the party was dubbed “Naughty or Nice.” Dominique arrived about 11:40pm. By 11:50pm, he was involved in an altercation and by about 12:30am on Wednesday January 2, [...]
March 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Ninety-eight police recruits sat in on an ongoing murder trial at the Criminal High Court on Tuesday February 9. Dressed in khaki bottoms, knee-high black socks, immaculately polished black shoes, blue shirts tucked into their trousers with their berets tucked neatly into the shoulder folds of their shirts, they sat listening attentively to the [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Nesbert Charles [name changed] stood unrepresented before Justice Kenneth Benjamin on Wednesday October 14, accused of Arson. He wore a dirty white polo shirt, torn at the seam of the right sleeve, sloppily tucked into his washed out black dress pants.
As the remanded Charles stood awaiting a date to be set for [...]
February 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Teachers from Secondary Schools, along with an official from the District Education offices, recently attended a three-day Cricket Coaching Course, which concluded on Friday at the Vigie Multi-Purpose Sports Complex.
As part of the Ministry of Youth and Sports drive to improve the coaching skills of the teachers at the various levels, this coaching course seeks [...]
February 10, 2010 | Posted in
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At 17 most teenagers are looking to the future; graduation, the ever popular ball, who’s going to go “up the Morne” or overseas to continue education; who’s going to bum for a year before deciding what their plans are. Seventeen-year-old Marlon Miguel Boxill never knew how much his life would change at that age.
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February 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Augustine William also known as ‘Tinati’ pleaded Guilty to Manslaughter in the Criminal High Court on Monday January 25. Williams, represented by attorney Stanley Felix, stood before Justice Kenneth Benjamin in a blue t-shirt and black jeans; his facial hair unkempt.
As the proceedings begun, Felix revealed his client’s intention to the judge, following which [...]
January 29, 2010 | Posted in
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The January Criminal Assizes officially opened on Monday January 11, 2010 before Justice Kenneth Benjamin in St Lucia’s Criminal High Court. Some 57 cases were called on that day and at least nineteen murder cases were brought before the judge. Death by Dangerous Driving has the second highest number of appearances followed by [...]
January 13, 2010 | Posted in
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Chester Alexander died on Wednesday November 10, 2004 in Talvern, Babonneau. Alexander had just concluded a visit to his friend’s house in that area about 10:30pm when a gunman appeared and opened fire. Two eyewitnesses claim to have seen the gunman and as a result a suspect was arrested shortly after the incident. [...]
January 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Copies of the new National Sports Coaching Plan for St Lucia were today presented to the ministry of social transformation, youth and sports by the Sacred Cows Group, charged with helping produce the development framework.
The presentation comes after three months of intense work on the Plan and included copies of comprehensive coaching manuals in cricket, [...]
December 28, 2009 | Posted in
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On November 30, 2009, Bernard Andre also known as Korean was convicted of Murder by a jury of his peers under Section 170 of the Criminal Code of St Lucia, 1992. The Crown’s case was that the defendant committed murder on Saturday, February 21, 2004 between 4:10am and 4:45am at Cas En Bas, Gros Islet.
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December 28, 2009 | Posted in
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