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Former Murder Suspect is Busted with Unlicensed Firearm
Michael Edward Pook Tonight, a former murder suspect is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was nabbed in Ladyville in possession of an unlicensed firearm. Thirty-one-year-old Michael...
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Ignatius Williams is Sentenced to 2 Years for Attempted Murder
Ignatius Williams Ignatius Williams, a notorious figure of the Saint Martin’s de Porres area, was convicted late on Monday in the Supreme Court for the stabbing of a Field Service Technician of Belize...
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No Attorney Wants to Represent Bert Vasquez
Bert Vasquez The infamous Bert Vasquez appeared in the Court of Appeal this afternoon. Vasquez, who remains incarcerated on sex charges, appeared unrepresented to appeal a 2018 conviction for forcible...
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Bhrea Bowen Asks Court of Appeal to Increase Compensation
Bhrea Bowen In July 2018, Supreme Court Justice Shona Griffith ruled in favour of Bhrea Bowen who successfully sued the Gang Suppression Unit for violating her constitutional rights. In July 2012,...
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Mason’s Trial Winds Down; Attorney Ready for Closing
William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Kieron Fernandez, Terrence Fernandez, and Ernest Castillo were back in the Belmopan Supreme Court today as the trial continued. As we reported on Monday, the...
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Former Magistrate’s Court Secretary is Guilty of Theft
Dorkas Caliz A secretary for the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court was convicted of theft at the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court for theft. Forty-nine year-old Dorkas Caliz was charged for stealing one thousand...
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Dexter Todd: No Compelling Evidence Against Danny Mason
Dexter Todd You have heard about the D.P.P.’s closing arguments on how Pastor Lucas was killed as a joint enterprise between Mason and the other accused men. Late on Wednesday, Mason’s attorney,...
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Closing Arguments Continue in Danny Mason Trial
The murder trial of William Danny Mason and the other four men accused of killing Pastor Llewellyn Lucas continued today with closing arguments inside the Belmopan Supreme Court. The trial has almost...
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Jaime Marin is Charged for Deadly Attack on His Cousins
Jaime Marin This morning, Jaime Marin, was escorted to court for arraignment for the murder of his cousin, Isaac Marin and a slew of other charges. Seventeen-year-old Isaac was stabbed on Tuesday night...
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U.S. National Guilty of Drug Possession
Robert Blackford U.S. national, Robert Blackford, pleaded guilty to possession of two hundred and six grams of cannabis when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford this morning. For his...
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Antwan Rivero Committed to Stand Trial for Murder
Antwan Rivero Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford has committed Antwan Rivero to stand trial for the murder of thirty-seven-year-old Marcia Melissa Downs, a mother of two. Rivero is to be tried in the...
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Attorneys Confident that Accused are Not Guilty
Norman Rodriguez Also making closing arguments today was attorney Norman Rodriguez who is representing Ashton Vanegas. According to Rodriguez, the prosecution has failed to call on any witness to...
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Justice Antoinette Moore Reserves Judgment in Mason et al Murder Trial
Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore has reserved judgment in the murder trial of the century that paralyzed the nation with gruesome details, scandalous accusations and serious allegations against...
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Court of Appeal Hauls in B.B.N. for Contempt of Court
The Principals of Breaking Belize News an online news blog appeared before the Court of Appeal this afternoon. A contempt of court charge was brought against the online news publication after it...
View ArticleCourt Dismisses Kevaughan Staine’s Appeal of Attempted Murder Conviction
Late this evening, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from twenty-one-year-old Kevaughan Staine, upholding his conviction for the attempted murder of Taisha Staine. Kevaughan was found guilty in...
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Cristina Coc Comments on Dismissed Rupert Myles Suit
Rupert Myles Earlier this month, the Supreme Court dismissed a case against the Government of Belize that was brought by Manuel Pop, who at the time was First Alcalde of Santa Cruz Village which is one...
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Where do Land Rights Complaints go in the Interim?
Cristina Coc Since being identified as Shelton’s successor, the Maya Leaders Alliance has reached out to Dean Rosa Solario, also an academic administrator at George Washington University Law School....
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Will G.O.B. Formally Appoint New Successor to Guide Maya Land Rights Process?
Dinah Shelton According to Coc, following the C.C.J.’s consent order, the Government of Belize individually selected Dinah Shelton, Professor Emeritus at George Washington University Law School, as the...
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C.C.J. Itinerant Sitting in Belize
There was an itinerant sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice here in Belize City this morning inside Courtroom Number One of the Supreme Court. The Maya Leaders Alliance, as well as...
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From Murder to Manslaughter; Court of Appeal Changes Conviction
Edwin Hernan Castillo The Court of Appeal is in its second week of sittings; today convicted murderer, Edwin Hernan Castillo saw his conviction substituted with manslaughter. Some two years ago,...
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