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Feb 03, 00 |
Attorney's libel suit to proceed
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The libel suit attorney Kirk Anderson thought he had won in November against the former Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks and Inspector Eli Salazar is anything but over. On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Murray Shanks overturned the previous d...[Read More] |
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Jan 17, 00 |
Supreme Court opens with optimism
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The faces may change from year to year with justices retiring or leaving and their replacements arriving from abroad or stepping up from the local ranks. New attorneys come to the Bar every few months, but the ceremony which opens the first session ...[Read More] |
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Jan 07, 00 |
Bribery allegation in Cayo West thrown out of court
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In case you were still awaiting the final outcome of the August 1998 general election, your wait is now over. Chief Justice Troadio Gonzales this morning turned down the application of defeated Cayo West P.U.P. candidate Amin Hegar to have the res...[Read More] |
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Dec 21, 99 |
Case against former gang leader continues
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The Attorney General Godfrey Smith may be trying a new strategy by using well known defense attorney Simeon Sampson to prosecute a former gang leader but today it was business as usual as the case entered its second day. George "Junie Balls" McKenzi...[Read More] |
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Dec 20, 99 |
Case opens against "Junie Balls" McKenzie
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He is no stranger to criminal prosecution nor to the media. Once again former gang leader George "Junie Balls" McKenzie is in court... but the difference is that as part of a so called "experiment" the case against him is being pursued not by a poli...[Read More] |
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Dec 16, 99 |
Charges dropped in Orange Walk murder case
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While another has been arrested for a crime in November, two men accused of shooting Orange Walk businessman Armando "Warren" Gomez in front of his home in April have had their murder charges withdrawn. The Director of Public Prosecutions Adolf Lu...[Read More] |
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Dec 15, 99 |
Judicial report turned over to Prime Minister
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A Bar Association Committee has presented a report to the Prime Minister calling for changes they say will improve the functioning of the judiciary. The committee, appointed by the Prime Minister Said Musa and the Attorney General Godfrey Smith foun...[Read More] |
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Nov 30, 99 |
Guilty verdict in Anna Lightfoot trial
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Fifteen months after British Raleigh volunteer, Anna Lightfoot was murdered in the Stann Creek District the trial for the men accused of killing her ended today in the Dangriga Supreme Court. The twelve-member jury found Alan Cal and Estevan Cho gui...[Read More] |
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Nov 23, 99 |
Attorney wins libel suit against former Police Commissioner
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Earlier this year the former Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks accused attorney Kirk Anderson of trying to hinder their investigation into the murder of Jackie Fern Malic by urging the suspect's girlfriend to destroy evidence. The attorney respond...[Read More] |
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Nov 18, 99 |
Convicted murderer's appeal dismissed
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Wilfred Lauriano, who is on death row for the murder of Diego Tzul at the Queen's Square Market in 1993 had his appeal dismissed last week by the three judges of the Court of Appeal. His attorney Kirk Anderson had filed the petition after another ma...[Read More] |
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