Supreme Court Upholds G.O.B.’s Position on U.H.S. Debt
This morning, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin handed down a summary decision in a matter involving the ever-increasing U.H.S. debt that has been before different courts for long years from the local...
View ArticleKenrick Longsworth is Arraigned for Murder of Baby Mark Tuyul Jr.
Kenrick Longsworth For two days, police looked for the man who is accused in the brutal killing of a three-year-old child. On Sunday, Kenrick Longsworth was captured in Isabella Bank in an extensive...
View ArticleForeign Nationals Back in Court for Charges Connected to Drug Plane on...
A group of foreign nationals charged in connection with the landing of a plane carrying sixty million dollars worth of cocaine in September of last year were back in court today. The six persons...
View ArticleShadron Gillett is Committed to Stand Trial for Murder
Shadron Gillett In the court room of Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser, Shadron Gillett was committed to stand trial during the April Session of the Supreme Court for the murder of Kevin Thomas. At the...
View ArticleDalla Hits Shyne with $10k for Talent Fee and Logistics
Kareem Musa Aside from the hefty thirty thousand dollar judgment which DJ Dalla is trying to recoup from Shyne, he is also charging ten thousand dollars for his services. Those services include...
View ArticleDalla Vs Shyne and the Unpaid Consignment
Troy “DJ Dalla” Flowers versus Shyne Barrow….it’s a pending legal drama involving two well-known entertainers and stalwarts of the United Democratic Party. One committed to taking out a twenty-six...
View ArticleNo Lawyer for Danny Mason in Kidnapping Case
William ‘Danny’ Mason Convicted murderer William ‘Danny’ Mason and four other men who carried out the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, as well as the alleged abduction of David Dodd, await...
View ArticleAn Official Exhibit List in the Case of Lev Dermen; John Saldivar is Named
There is new information tonight in the case of Lev Dermen, an Armenian national with U.S. and Belize citizenship that is causing tremors inside the U.D.P. as it heads to a leadership convention on...
View ArticleAkeem Baptist is Committed to Stand Trial
Akeem Baptist Magistrate Aretha Ford today committed Akeem Baptist to stand trial in the Supreme Court’s February session. Baptist is charged with Using Deadly Means of Harm and Wounding upon Amira...
View ArticleDangriga Businessman Accused of Rape Gets Supreme Court Bail
Wilfred Pascacio Dangriga businessman, Wilfred Pascacio, through his attorney, Richard “Dickie” Bradley, today acquired bail from Justice Marilyn Williams in Belize City Supreme Court. Pascascio, who...
View ArticleTo Pay or Not To Pay – SMART and P.U.C. to Settle Money Matters before C.C.J.
This morning in the Court of Appeal, Speednet Telecommunications Limited, the parent company for SMART, filed a leave to appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice. The matter is to settle, once and for...
View ArticleTrial of Lev Dermen Gets Underway in Utah with Jury Selection
Accused fraudster Lev Dermen who owned a chain of gas stations under the name Noil Energy in Los Angeles, is headed to trial. “Noil” is “lion” spelled backward and it is one of several examples of...
View ArticleAnabell Kumul Gets 15 Years for Manslaughter
Anabell Kumul Justice Colin Williams also imposed a sentence of fifteen years on forty-two year-old Anаbеll Кumul, who was initially charged with murder, but instead pleaded guilty to manslaughter of...
View ArticleFormer Cop Darren Martinez Sentenced to 12 Years for Sexual Assault of Minor
Darren Martinez Sentencing for former police constable Dаrrеn Маrtіnеz took place today. Martinez was found guilty last week of the sexual assault of a minor in an incident that goes back to February...
View ArticleLev Dermen, W.R.E. and the Belize Connection
Lev Dermen Jury selection continued today in the District Court in Utah, where Lev Dermen is facing up to ten charges relating to money laundering in a case brought against him by the U.S. for...
View ArticleCJ Benjamin Stalls on Petrocaribe Ruling
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is yet to render a decision where a claim against the Government of Belize, in respect of the Petrocaribe fund, is concerned. That judgment was to have been handed down...
View ArticlePaul Smith is Freed of Murder Charge
Paul Smith After being in prison since 2013, Paul Smith walked today from the charge of murder. Smith was accused of the April 2013 murder of Frank Neal, but in the court today, the prosecution...
View ArticleLev Dermen Trial Underway in Utah
Lev Dermen The trial of Lev Dermen in Utah is attracting attention in many countries, including Belize, because one witness has named a local government official and says he has text messages to...
View ArticleAnthony Reyes is Freed of Murder Charge
Anthony Reyes Also in the Supreme Court, the prosecution entered a nolle prosequi for lack of evidence in the murder case against Anthony Reyes rendering him a free man on Wednesday. He was charged...
View ArticleMichelle Brown and Kenrick Longsworth Appear in Court
Kenrick Longsworth This morning, a pair of high-profile inmates on remand at the Belize Central Prison were transported to Belize City where they were set to appear before the courts....
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