Crime/Justice, Local news, News

MAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF BROTHER

Published 29 March 2017

By: Jermine Abel, SKNVibes.com

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE number of homicides in St. Kitts and Nevis has increased by one, when a young man allegedly stabbed his brother last evening (Mar. 25).

 

This incident was confirmed by the Police Force’s Public Relations Officer, who in a press statement this morning said, “The Violent Crime Unit is currently investigating a stabbing incident on Janet Alley in McKnight Village that resulted in the death of one person.”

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Man shot and Killed

Published 29 March 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 28,  2017  (RSCNPF): Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) and Officers of Police Division “B”, are investigating a shooting incident in Newton Ground that occurred at about9.20pm on Tuesday (March 28).

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Cross-Dressing Youth Held For Fatal Stabbing Of Teen Brother

According to Police, they are investigating a stabbing incident at a residence in Janet Alley, McKnight which occurred around 10pm.

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Crime/Justice, News, Regional News

Divorced Couple Charged with Murder of Young Trinidadian Policewoman

Published 27 March 2017

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Kenneth Browne (Photo credit: Trinidad Guardian) and Melissa Browne (Photo: Facebook) appeared in court today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday March 20, 2017 – A man and his ex-wife have been charged with killing a young policewoman who joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service just four months ago.

Kenneth and Melissa Browne appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court today, accused of killing 22-year-old Constable Nyasha Joseph, whose body was pulled from the Gulf of Paria off Port of Spain last Wednesday, a week after she went missing.

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Crime/Justice, Entertainment, News, Regional News

Jailed Jamaican Dancehall Artist Vybz Kartel To Get Chance To Appeal For Freedom

Published 27 March 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday March 27, 2017 – After serving three years of their life sentences, Vybz Kartel and his co-convicts are set to make an all-out bid for their freedom in another six months.

An Appeal Court judge recently gave the green light for the convicted murderers to launch their appeal.

Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, Shawn “Storm” Campbell, Andre St John, and Kahira Jones, were all convicted on March 13, 2014 of Clive “Lizard” Williams on August 16, 2011.

Thomas Tavares-Finson, attorney for Kartel, described the development as an “important step in the appeal process”.

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