Police press release on Trouya Beach homicide
PRESS RELEASE - On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 about 1:30 p.m. the lifeless body of 18 year old, Marvin Anthony Augustin of Grand Riviere, Gros-Islet was discovered on the Trouya Beach, in Gros-Islet....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Missing Nepalese students detained in Grenada
Seven Napalese nationals who went missing on Friday (April 17) have been detained by law enforcement officials in Grenada, police officials here have confirmed. The alleged escapees were reportedly...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil to mark Gobat’s death anniversary
Oliver Gobat. PRESS RELEASE - To date not a single person has been arrested or charged in connection with the murder of Oliver Gobat affectionately called Ollie by family and friends. The various...
View ArticleTeen found dead after meeting another male on Facebook – source
DEAD: Anthony Augustin. A teenager who was found with his throat slashed Tuesday afternoon on the Trouya beach in Gros Islet, went missing after leaving to meet a young male he earlier met on Facebook,...
View ArticleNepalese students travelled to Grenada by boat; cops detain Trinidadian resident
CMC – Grenada police Wednesday confirmed that they had detained seven Nepalese students, reported missing in St Lucia over the last weekend. In a brief statement, the police said that the students are...
View ArticlePolice press release on murdered teen’s post mortem
PRESS RELEASE - On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 a post mortem examination was conducted on the body of 18 year old Marvin Anthony Augustin of Grand Riviere, Gros-Islet. The examination revealed that...
View Article56 stab wounds – Marvin Augustin’s post mortem reveals
Augustin. A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 18-year-old Marvin Anthony Augustin of Grand Riviere, Gros-Islet has revealed that he sustained 56 stabs wounds. The post mortem concluded...
View ArticleBarbadian man convicted, companion cleared of cocaine charges
Cocaine A Barbadian couple who were arrested in January on drug related charges here, made a court appearance today. Ritchie Bonnet and Maria Shepherd were allegedly nabbed while attempting to board a...
View ArticleAccused still hasn’t seen any evidence in St. Lucia child drowning case
Sahab Jamshidi. HAMILTON SPECTATOR - On the eve of a court hearing that will decide if an Canadian doctor will stand trial in the drowning death of a four-year-old St. Lucia boy, his family says the...
View ArticleInvest St Lucia Office searched by police in connection with Lambirds...
Emma Hippolyte addressing SLP supporters on Thursday evening. As part of ongoing investigations into the Lambirds Academy scam, police have conducted searches at the Ministry of Commerce, Business...
View ArticleMan chopped in Leslie Land during attempted robbery
A man sustained chop wounds to his hand during an attempted robbery on Thursday evening, a police official has confirmed. Reports are that the incident occurred sometime between 9:00.p.m. and...
View ArticleOliver Gobat murder: Parents still in the dark one year later
Oliver Gobat. THE ADVERTISER - The family of a former British businessman brutally murdered in the Caribbean has told of fresh heartache amid claims that police blunders and government bureaucracy is...
View ArticleThree more weeks until Canadian doctor learns if he’ll face trial
Sahab Jamshidi. HAMILTON SPECTATOR - It will be an additional three weeks before Sahab Jamshidi learns whether he will face trial in St. Lucia. A sufficiency hearing for the Hamilton man — charged in...
View ArticlePolice press release on missing Nepalese students
PRESS RELEASE - On Saturday, April 18, 2015 Saint Lucia Police received reports that a group of seven Nepalese nationals were missing from their place of abode. Police investigations have confirmed...
View Article“Gangster Rat” and “Cyborg” of Wilton’s Yard wanted for attempted murder
PRESS RELEASE - Warrants of Arrest in the first instance have been issued in the names of Yannick Alfred also known as “Yannick Albert” or “Gangster Rat” of Wilton’s Yard, Castries and Dane Augustin...
View Article“F**** the police”– gang of young men rounded up after verbally abusing SSU
Members of the the Special Services Unit (SSU) conducted a search of a gang of young people who were loitering and using obscene languages on Micoud Street, opposite the Cathedral, on Friday. The...
View ArticleAfrican charged in connection with Lambirds students in Grenada
A Ghanaian national who was detained in connection with the illegal entry of seven Nepalese nationals, has been charged with human trafficking by the Royal Grenada Police Force – reportedly the first...
View ArticleChurch killers sentenced to life behind bars
Kim John and Francis Phillip in this file photo. Kim John and Francis Phillip, the men accused of setting fire to worshippers in the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries 15 years...
View ArticleArgument between cousins end in bloodshed
One cousin was arrested and another hospitalised after inflicting wounds on each other during an altercation in Baccarat, Castries (near Marchand). Reports are that between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.,...
View ArticleBail hearing for Lambirds CEO scheduled for Monday; three others granted bail
Iftekar Ahmed Shams (left) and the other accuseds on their way to the courtroom. * Photo credit: Voice (St. Lucia) Three of the four men charged in connection with the Lambirds Academy human...
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