KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): A magistrate’s court has dismissed a case against a Customs officer, who held up a placard in the capital during a protest against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate which came into effect in December 2021. Magistrate John.
A employee at the Sandals Resort construction site, who is not the holder of a driver’s permit, was fined after he took a truck from the Buccament Bay compound and drove it recklessly on the public road, while on his way to “find something to eat.”
A 66-year-old man who has been convicted twice for stealing from supermarkets was placed on a bond after he stole salted codfish from Coreas Food Mart earlier this month.
A Layou youth who was unrepresented during his arraignment, dodged a prison sentence for burglary after a lawyer pleaded with the magistrate for a non-custodial sentence.
Two men have received concurrent prison sentences for four offences of theft, which were all committed in the span of five days, along with one other offence which was committed in the month prior.