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Purcell Estate

January 16, 2025

20-year-old dead amid shooting spree

A 20-year-old man was shot to death shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday morning near his Purcell Estate residence amid a series of violent incidents across Tortola over 24 hours, police …

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by Jason Smith
June 13, 2024

Maid held hostage in Slaney burglary

Two men armed with knives “invaded” a Slaney Hill residence on June 5, holding a maid hostage and assaulting her before escaping with several stolen items, police said Tuesday. Though …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 22, 2024

After bust, cops mum on drugs

On Feb. 14, police officers acting on a tip pulled over a vehicle in Fish Bay and discovered illegal drugs, the Police Information Office announced last Thursday in a three-sentence …

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by The BVI Beacon
June 1, 2023

Man charged with murder after stab victim dies

Last September, Purcell Estate resident Selroy Hanley was arrested and accused of stabbing Trevon Elliott repeatedly with an ice pick on Aug. 30 at the Purcell Estate basketball court. At …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
September 12, 2022

Man charged in Purcell stabbing

Alleged victim hospitalised A Purcell Estate resident faces charges after a stabbing on the morning of Aug. 31 on the neighbourhood’s basketball court left a man with several puncture wounds, …

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by Alva Solomon
January 21, 2022

Security guard charged with assaulting bar employee

Security guard Keithley Liburd, 47, of Lower Estate, was charged on Jan. 11 with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after escorting a female employee out of the Purcell Estate bar …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 8, 2019

Purcell centre repairs slated for early 2020

Repairs to the Cathryn and Gertrude Warner Community Centre in Purcell Estate are slated for completion within the first quarter of next year, according to Health and Social Development Minister …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY

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