Loading ... Loading ... Loading ... Loading ...Among Labour Party sympathizers in particular those who still believe that Kenny Anthony is the best choice for leader, there are those who believe the party’s loss at the last general election was the ultimate punishment for all the political sins it had committed between 1997 and 2006. Moreover, that five years on the opposition [...]
The body of Anthony St Claire was found partially decomposed, buried in a shallow grave on Gros Piton on June 24, 1999. His family still cannot come to terms with the tragic loss and still there has been no resolution.
Almost eleven years later, a man, David Dixon* stands indicted that between Saturday June 19, [...]
Sweatin’ to the Oldies is no longer exclusive to Richard Simmons’ fitness regime. It can now refer to the state of the Criminal High Court. Since the reopening of the Assizes, the air conditioning unit sputters to work for about a day and a half before giving out.
The situation escalated a on [...]
There was a silent solidarity as members of the judiciary prepared for the reopening of the last session of the law year on Monday April 12. Following Thursday’s shooting of Magistrate Ann Marie Smith, mixed feelings seemed to have strengthened the resolve among members of the bar, the judiciary and the police force. [...]
A St Lucian man accused of murder in Canada is free, for now. In February this year, a Warrant of Arrest was issued for the individual who has since returned to St Lucia shortly after the alleged incident in Canada. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, on the night of February [...]
Eighteen-year-old John Smith* walked from the waiting area with his head down into the prisoners’ dock. He avoided eye contact with everyone in the courtroom as his case was discussed.
Smith was charged with Bestiality—defined by St Lucia’s Criminal Code (Section 134 [3]) as sexual intercourse per anus or per vaginum by a [...]
A short, grey haired man walked up from the stairs of the prisoners’ dock. He has spent six years awaiting a trial that is yet to start.
Eugene St Romain stood before High Court judge Justice Kenneth Benjamin on Monday March 29, represented by Senior Counsel Marcus Foster. St Romain was dressed in [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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