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Couple fined for wounding friend
A married couple was on Friday fined in the Gros Islet Magistrate’s Court for wounding a former friend with a cutlass. Court records show that Rosana Inglis and Joseph Charles were charged with...
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Choiseul man charged for 4 burglaries
Scott Octave of Choiseul, who is charged in four separate burglaries, has been committed to stand trial. He is currently on remand at the Bordelais Correctional Facility. Octave is reported to have...
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Cousins accused in stoning incident freed
Soufriere cousins Jamal and Semeon Gills had their matter discharged after Justice Francis Cumberbatch determined that they had served over a year at Bordelais on remand in connection with a case of...
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Grass Street man charged for murder
Nineteen-year-old Junior ‘Coconut’ Gabriel of Grass Street, Castries, was yesterday charged for the murder of 22-year-old Chad Alexander of Bexon, Castries. Gabriel appeared before the First District...
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COMMENTARY: Judicial purgatory
Persons on remand are held in custody by the state while they await their day in court. The authorities – the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the case of Saint Lucia – have formally charged...
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New lawyer called to bar
Peronia Browne Vincentian female attorney Peronia Browne was called to the bar of St.Lucia on Friday, January 10, 2013. Queens Counsel Peter I. Foster and Counsel Renee St. Rose moved the call....
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Another called to the Bar
Isa Earlyne Mary Cyril Saint Lucia’s Isa Earlyne Mary Cyril was called to the Bar in the United Kingdom through the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and then to the St. Lucia Bar on Friday, January...
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Marigot woman gets 30 years in prison for murder
Anne Dormilla James of Marigot, Castries was yesterday sentenced to a total of 30 years imprisonment for the 2007 murders of Kim James and Bill Archibald. After years on remand for the initial murder...
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Libel suit against Mirror newspaper thrown out
Mr. Pierre A libel suit brought by Member for Parliament for Castries East Philip Pierre against the Mirror newspaper over a letter it published in April 2011, has been thrown out. The Eastern...
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Man sentenced to 10 years prison for kidnapping businessman and son
Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Cyril was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for kidnapping and extortion. Cyril had kidnapped a local business man and his son – Gregory Emmanuel Junior, also known as...
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Seven years prison for stabbing cousin to death
A man who stabbed his cousin to death during an altercation in 2011 has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison. Kyle Felix, on Saturday January 6, 2011, stabbed Miguel Florent six times during a...
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Man to face the courts for injuring men who allegedly attempted to rob him
A man who was charged for injuring two men who attempted to rob him will come before the court on February 27, 2014. According to the court, in 2006 Antoine McFarlane was sitting at a local bar when...
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Sexual related cases form significant part of criminal cause list at High Court
Sexual assault matters are once again a significant part of the cause list for the High Court of St Lucia. Out of the 80 matters on the docket on Thursday, January 16, 2014, more than 30 were sexually...
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Several males to face the courts for different offences
Floyd Hudson has pleaded guilty to causing the 2007 death of Febright Johnson Jongue by dangerous driving. The incident took place on October 14, of the mentioned year on the Grande Riviere, Dennery...
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Former educator called to the Bar
Saint Lucian Kay Cecilia Louis was called to the Bar of the United Kingdom through the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and then to the Saint Lucia Bar on Thursday January 23, 2014. Attorney at Law...
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Attorney claims harassment from political activists on Facebook
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Global social network giant Facebook may be facing another credibility gap when it comes to its verified accounts claim. A complaint by an attorney at law from the small Caribbean...
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CARICOM SG reiterates calls for CARICOM states to join CCJ
Secretary-General of CARICOM, Irwin LaRocque. Photo credit: www.curacaochronicle.com Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has once again called for member...
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Trial begins in Lord Glenconner’s family challenge to his will
Lord Glenconner and servant, Kent Adonai. Photo credit: dailymail.co.uk A British Lord’s family is currently challenging his will at the St. Lucia Supreme Court in which he left his St Lucia house and...
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Former St Lucia gov’t minister sues over US visa revocation
Richard Frederick On Tuesday, attorneys for former Saint Lucia Housing Minister Richard Frederick filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington, DC, claiming compensatory and punitive damages of...
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Blackstars man charged for firearm offences
On Monday, March 3, 2014, Ricardo Anatole of Blackstars, Morne Du Don appeared before the First District Court in Castries to answer to the charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of...
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