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High Court

March 13, 2025

Hopkinson hit with 35-year sentence

Nearly four years after Catherine Pickering was shot to death during the robbery of her daughter at their Paraquita Bay home, Akeem Hopkinson was sentenced to 35 years in prison …

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by Allison Vaughn
February 27, 2025

One guilty, one freed in murder of senior

Nearly four years after 67-year-old Catherine Pickering was gunned down while her daughter was robbed at their home in Paraquita Bay, about a dozen spectators sat in High Court on …

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by Allison Vaughn
July 18, 2024

Rohan Williams found guilty of 2019 rape and murder of Lenia Lettsome-Green

On a rainy night on May 26, 2019, Jamila Stevens was driving home from the Leverick Bay Poker Run when she spotted a woman lying in the road in the …

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by Rushton Skinner
Rohan Williams
July 10, 2024

EDITORIAL: After scathing security review, UK and VI leaders must step up

Residents may be forgiven for feeling numb on the release of yet another scathing report about governance failings in the Virgin Islands. The 2022 Commission of Inquiry, the conviction of …

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by BVI Beacon
March 29, 2024

Criminal filings launched on digital court platform

In 2023, the Magistrates’ Court saw 229 new criminal matters, 233 traffic matters and 26 juvenile matters, according to Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards. “If these trends continue, we expect to …

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by Allison Vaughn
March 21, 2022

Court tosses case against cops

After a legal ordeal stretching back at least three years, interdicted police officers Simon Power and Pamphill Prevost walked free on March 14, each exonerated from a charge of conspiracy …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 11, 2022

Two cops facing retrial for role in cash seizures

Interdicted police officers Simon Power and Pamphill Prevost are currently on trial in the High Court for allegations stemming from their involvement in cash seizures going back as far as …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 18, 2021

Same-sex couple fights for rights

In a case that could have far-reaching consequences for gay rights in the Virgin Islands, two women who have been legally married under United Kingdom law since 2019 are seeking …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 30, 2021

Magistrates’ Court still holding hearings remotely

After the Magistrates’ Court closed indefinitely on June 30 following a staff member testing positive for Covid-19, its Sakal Place offices reopened on July 12 with limited hours, but the …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 3, 2021

Government announces key high court positions

Three new officials recently have been appointed to the upper echelons of the Virgin Islands legal system, including a new Criminal Division head, a new High Court justice, and a …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 22, 2021

In pandemic, technology called central to court’s future

Speaking at a special virtual sitting to mark the commencement of the 2021 law year, Dame Janice Pereira, chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, said the Covid-19 pandemic …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 27, 2020

United States fisherman denied bail in closed court

United States fisherman Michael Foy, who has been imprisoned in the territory since June, lost an appeal for bail last week in closed court, but his sister is continuing to …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 6, 2020

New bill to target debt dodgers

A bill passed last week in the House of Assembly will help creditors collect debts through the High Court by going after debtors’ land and other assets, leaders said. Lawmakers …

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by Dana Kampa
February 14, 2020

Jury trials resume in High Court

High Court resumed jury trials on Jan. 29, almost seven months after it halted them in July due to a judge’s ruling that the list from which the court’s registrar …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 14, 2019

EDITORIAL: Sentencing guidelines are huge, but more reforms should follow

Kudos to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for introducing its first set of sentencing guidelines. The new system should help ensure that justice is administered fairly and consistently in the …

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by BVI Beacon
June 26, 2019

Daycare worker gets prison for child cruelty

A woman was sentenced to two months in prison on Monday for allegedly harming a 4-month-old child she was supervising at a daycare centre in March 2017. Debra Jobe, who …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 18, 2019

Attorneys face off over D-4 seat

Attorneys faced off in High Court on Friday and Saturday over the validity of Mark Vanterpool’s short-lived attempt to resign from his position as Fourth District representative. The hearing is …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
January 25, 2019

Cops face trial over claims of missing cash

Three police officers, who are accused of agreeing to steal money from suspected criminals they detained or arrested, returned to court this week to face trial. Pamphill Prevost, Simon Power …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 11, 2018

Trial ends between Skelton-Cline and government

After years of litigation, arguments in the trial between former ports head Claude Skelton-Cline and government concluded on Monday, and a judgment is now pending from High Court Justice Vicki …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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