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U.D.P. Vs Bernard Wagner; Case Adjourned to April 19th
The Municipal Elections are less than two days away and an attempt by the United Democratic Party and its Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte and citizen Melbourne Wade to stop P.U.P. Mayor Bernard Wagner...
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Mayor Wagner Served with Disqualification Petition during Election Day
The U.D.P. maintains that the now re-elected Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner should be disqualified from office because he does not actually reside in Belize City, which U.D.P. attorney Orson...
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Family Files Lawsuit against Police Department for Death of Stella Maris Teacher
Ruth Ferguson Justice Westmin James will make a ruling on a date to be set in May in a civil suit for negligence against the Belize Police Department and the government. This is for the death of...
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Mistrial in Patrick Harris Murder Case
Justice Herbert Lord today ruled a mistrial in the case of Patrick Harris. When the case began last week Tuesday, Justice Lord decided to enter into a voir dire during the trial to determine whether a...
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Inmaculada Credit Union Wins Case Against Former GM Yolanda Gomez
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of La Inmaculada Credit Union. Justice Arana handed ordered the former General Manager Yolanda Gomez to pay the credit union almost four hundred and thirty-seven...
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Trio Accused of Kidnapping, Torture Taken to Magistrate’s Court
Oliver Sutherland The trio police accuse of kidnapping and torturing a minor over the weekend were shuttled to the Magistrate’s Court in the back of a police van this afternoon but they never appeared...
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Assault Charges Land Keshawn Dennison Behind Bars
Keshawn Dennison In magistrate court news, on Monday, Keshawn Dennison was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after appearing on two charges. He is accused of harming Erica Sutherland twice, the...
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Jason Sanchez Murder Trial Enters Voir Dire
Jason Sanchez The trial of accused murder Jason Sanchez got underway this week and just as quickly, it entered into a closed session called a voir dire. This is to determine whether the trial judge,...
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Elvin Smith is Arraigned for Kidnapping and Wounding
Elvin Smith Over the weekend, the torture of a sixteen-year-old boy was videotaped and the recording went viral on Facebook. The post and its subsequent circulation drew the ire of children’s rights...
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Keshawn Dennison: Guilty of Common Assault, Harm
Keshawn Dennison A man who was hauled before the Magistrate’s Court earlier this week on charges of Common Assault and Harm was today sentenced to nine months in prison after he pleaded guilty....
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Mexican Pilot Case Adjourned
Miguel Cruz Meseguer A Mexican accused of landing a drug plane in Belize, Miguel Cruz Meseguer, was taken before the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, but the prosecution was not prepared to carry on with...
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Attorney Smith Says Nothing Irrational About Decision
In court today, attorney Godfrey Smith represented Estelle Leslie. He presented an argument in favor of his client that essentially aligned with the recommendations of the law. Voice of: Godfrey...
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Ian Haylock Versus AG Resumes
Ian Haylock This morning before Justice Westmin James, submissions were made in a claim brought against the Attorney General’s ministry by Ian Haylock. Haylock was primed to succeed outgoing...
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Ashton Puerto Sentenced for Roaring Creek Death
Ashton Puerto In the Belmopan session of the Supreme Court, twenty-three-year-old Ashton Puerto is spending his first week of a seventeen-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of the lesser...
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Verdict Soon in George Street Boss Murder
Nicholas Swazo Justice Antoinette Moore, who presides over the southern session of Supreme Court trials, is expected to hand down a ruling shortly on the murder trial of thirty-three-year-old Nicholas...
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Racial Profiling Case Set For May
It’s something we often see discussed in international news. Now, two Belize City men have filed civil suits against the Belize Police Department for racial profiling. Case management conferences held...
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9 Men Charged in Connection with Drug Plane Out on Bail
The nine men nabbed following the drug plane landing on February fifth today received Supreme Court bail. The men were charged with possession of a controlled drug with the intent to supply after being...
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Attorney Darrell Bradley says Case is Not Academic
Darrell Bradley Attorney Darrell Bradley disagrees that the case is not merely academic. He says that the constitution dictates that meaningful consultations should be had. Bradley says that he does...
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2 Men Freed of Home Invasion Charges
Tyrese Gladden Two men were today cleared of all charges, including attempted murder, in relation to a home invasion in May of last year when an elderly man was badly beaten and stabbed, then robbed...
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Jeremy Leslie Cleared of Piracy Charges
Jeremy Leslie A man arrested with accused pirates in Honduras was today allowed to rejoin his family after it was discovered there is no evidence linking him to the rest of the alleged pirates or to...
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