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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

July 3, 2025

Air chase preceded coke bust

Standing in front of her team of senior officers on Monday, acting Police Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool defended her force’s actions during a recent cocaine seizure that resulted in the brief …

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by Rushton Skinner
June 12, 2025

EDITORIAL: Help us help you, DPP

Though prosecutors’ recent attack on the media was peculiar and troubling, they got one thing right: Journalists must always maintain an exceedingly high standard of accuracy and fairness when reporting …

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by BVI Beacon
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 11, 2022

Cop accused of changing story in trials

Police officer Marley Sebastien was charged last week with perjury and perverting the course of justice after testifying in the ongoing trial of interdicted police officers Simon Power and Pamphill …

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by Joey Waldinger

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