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Today, the trial against attorney Oscar Selgado continued before Justice Nigel Pilgrim. As we reported, Selgado is standing trial for abetment to commit murder. When the matter was adjourned seven [...]
Written on October 11, 2023 | Posted in
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In the phone recordings played in court, Ramirez is heard telling the Commissioner of Police and the DPP that he received death threats and as a result, is afraid of [...]
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The matter has been adjourned to November sixth. In his testimony from the stand, Selgado told the court that he received a copy of phone records from B.T.L. that reveals [...]
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A notorious street figure in Orange Walk is wanted in Mexico for murder. Thirty-four-year-old Nimrod Tillett has been acquitted of murder three times in Belize. But, he may now have [...]
Written on October 10, 2023 | Posted in
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A week ago the Meighan brothers were found not guilty of being members of a gang. But tonight, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has officially informed the [...]
Written on October 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Today in the High Court of Belize, Justice Patricia Farnese handed down a decision, following a hearing in a matter involving businessman Kevin Xin, a director and shareholder of Caribbean [...]
Written on October 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Barrow explains what the High Court ruling means for his client, as well as a likely course of action in respect of a claim for damages. Isani [...]
Written on October 5, 2023 | Posted in
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The trial against Attorney Oscar Selgado for abetment to commit murder, continued today at the High Court. At the start of the trial on Monday, six witnesses took the stand. [...]
Written on October 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorney Oscar Selgado was charged back in July 2019, for the crime of abetment to commit murder. Selgado’s trial began today inside the High Court. Back in 2019, he was [...]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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We also heard from Senior Counsel, Adolf Lucas Senior, the attorney representing Selgado. Lucas says all the evidence that the Director of Public Prosecution has led up to this point [...]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, twenty-eight-year-old Aaron Flowers was acquitted of the offense of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a woman. The businessman of the Lord’s Bank area is no stranger to [...]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Stanwell Bernardez, a construction worker of Antelope Street Extension, was read a single charge today when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate. Bernardez was arraigned earlier today on a [...]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the arrest of two men for probably the most callous murder for 2023. Last Thursday, we brought you the gripping images of the murder of [...]
Written on October 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Accused of being member of a gang, Tyrone, Ellis and Shaquille Meighan were acquitted this afternoon due to a lack of sufficient evidence. In February 2020, the three brothers were [...]
Written on October 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-seven-year-old Calvin McKay is spending the next three years in prison after he was convicted for two curfew violations during the states of emergency in 2020 at the time of [...]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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In the lower courts today, twenty-five-year-old Tyrek Tyrone Gillett, a police officer, was granted bail after being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her. Gillett, a resident [...]
Written on September 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-five-year-old Jared Ranguy, accused of killing his parents and his sibling in November 2012, was scheduled to appear before the High Court today for a case management conference. But, like [...]
Written on September 19, 2023 | Posted in
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A resident of Police Street who is presently on remand for a murder committed in 2022, has been found guilty of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a police officer. [...]
Written on September 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Kevaughn Middleton, a barber of Caesar Ridge Road, remains at the Belize Central Prison awaiting bail. That’s because he was arraigned on July tenth on several criminal offenses, including [...]
Written on September 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, Leroy Ramsey is spending his first night behind bars after he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison for firearm offenses. The thirty-seven-year-old North Creek resident was busted on [...]
Written on September 12, 2023 | Posted in
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James Kojo Efrimea, a national of Sierra Leone, accused immigration officials of extortion back in July when it was discovered that he illegally entered Belize. On July tenth, he attempted [...]
Written on September 8, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-eight-year-old Police Constable Mauricio Cobb pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting his colleague at the Ladyville Police Station on Monday evening. According to the female officer who filed a complaint [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Convicted prisoner Clinton Medina, who is serving time for firearms offenses, is back in court where he is on trial for theft. Medina is accused of stealing a Toyota Forerunner [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, two gunmen remain behind bars at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned earlier today for the shooting death of thirty-four-year-old Orel Leslie on August twenty-seventh. As we reported [...]
Written on September 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Brothers Tyrone and Ellis Meighan appeared in court today where they both chose to give unsworn statements from the dock arguing the charge of being members of a gang. According [...]
Written on August 31, 2023 | Posted in
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