Court Wrap Up

Twelve years after making a blunder by erasing the offence of driving without a licence from the law books, parliament has moved to correct its error.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of people convicted for driving without licences over the last 12 years may be entitled to legal redress – as government accidentally removed the offence and penalties from the Vehicles and Road Traffic Act.

After being convicted of the 2008 rape of a 10-year-old girl, Hilroy Martin has been sentenced to spend the next 10 years of his life locked behind bars.

The three men charged with stealing fuel from the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC) will appear in the St John’s Magistrates’ Court today to answer the charge.

Immigration officer Ron Selwood yesterday escaped prosecution on a fraud-related offence because the charge laid against him does not comport with any known law in Antigua & Barbuda.

A resident of a home for the elderly has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison after police arrested and charged him with serious indecency of an 82-year-old woman who also lives at the same place.

For the first time in years police have arrested and charged someone for attempting to possess cannabis.

One of the youth charged with the attempted murder of the 15-year-old girl who was stabbed multiple times earlier this month has been granted bail, but whether he can afford the $50,000 bond of the $100,000 bail is another matter.

Two Villa youth were yesterday charged for wounding the 15-year-old Nut Grove girl, whom they allegedly stabbed over 40 times, with intent to murder her.