Tag: violent crime

Court shows mercy to first time violent offender

Court shows mercy to first time violent offender

| 14/08/2023 | 18 Comments

(CNS): Jose Yamany Carter-Ramirez (25), who stabbed another man in the chest outside a George Town bar in December last year, was sentenced to just 15 months in jail after the court partially suspended a 23-month sentence. Carter-Ramirez, from West Bay, stabbed the victim after his girlfriend accused the man of an assault while they […]

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Son left mother for dead after psychotic episode

Son left mother for dead after psychotic episode

| 07/08/2023 | 28 Comments

(CNS): Jeffrey William Powery (39) appeared in court Friday for a long overdue sentencing hearing following his conviction for GBH wounding with intent in relation to a brutal attack on his mother in December 2018. Powery had left Jolene Powery for dead after beating her into a coma at her home in West Bay when […]

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Men accused of killing Robinson to go to trial

Men accused of killing Robinson to go to trial

| 26/06/2023

(CNS): Jonathan Alexander Woodhouse (28) from West Bay, Shaun Antonio Jackson (22) and Matthew Glasgow (26), both from Bodden Town, who are accused of murdering Randy Kelsey Robinson (37), will stand trial later this year. The three men have not yet formally pleaded guilty because of outstanding legal issues, but it was confirmed Friday that […]

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Violent crime spike continues in GT

Violent crime spike continues in GT

| 26/06/2023 | 47 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating a number of violent crimes that occurred over the last few days, including two armed robberies and a serious assault, all in George Town, as the current crime spike rolls on. On Monday morning, an undisclosed restaurant on Shedden Road, east of North Sound Road, was robbed by a masked gunman.

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Two men shot outside 7MB bar, one critical

Two men shot outside 7MB bar, one critical

| 12/06/2023 | 38 Comments

(CNS): Police are appealing for witnesses to a shooting Friday night outside the Jungle bar on the West Bay Road, near Seven Mile Public Beach. Around 10:50pm on 9 June, a masked man approached two men standing outside the bar. The culprit brandished a gun and opened fire on them, shooting one in the neck […]

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Woman convicted in beauty salon brawl bailed

Woman convicted in beauty salon brawl bailed

| 08/06/2023 | 9 Comments

(CNS): Aisha Jamilah English (32), who was sentenced to 21 months in jail last year for stabbing her co-worker during a fight at a George Town beauty salon, has been released on bail. English has filed an appeal against her conviction based largely on an accusation of incompetent counsel. But the hearing has been delayed, […]

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Third man charged in Robinson murder case

Third man charged in Robinson murder case

| 16/05/2023

(CNS): A 28-year-old man from George Town has now been charged with murder and wounding with intent and is due to appear in court today, Tuesday. The man was arrested on Thursday in connection with the murder of Randy Kelsey Robinson (37) and the wounding of a second victim outside the Carib Café on Shedden […]

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Bus driver fights off would-be robbers

Bus driver fights off would-be robbers

| 05/05/2023 | 5 Comments

(CNS): A bus driver was treated by EMS personnel on Wednesday night for a cut to his face that he received fighting off two men who tried to rob him on Mount Pleasant Road in the vicinity of Mount Close. The driver was dropping off his last passengers in West Bay around 8pm, but as […]

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Man badly wounded after stabbing on 7MB

Man badly wounded after stabbing on 7MB

| 21/04/2023 | 68 Comments

(CNS): Tourists were, once again, witnesses to violence at Seven Mile Public Beach this week after a man was stabbed multiple times during an altercation among vendors, CNS has learned. The violent assault took place before noon on Wednesday, 19 April. Afterwards, the injured man was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds to his […]

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West Bay man denies charges in barroom shooting

West Bay man denies charges in barroom shooting

| 06/02/2023

(CNS): Drewan Elvis Ebanks (24) pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Ebanks is accused of trying to kill another man in a shooting outside the Power Supply Bar in the Marquee Plaza around 7:20pm on Sunday, 18 December, when the victim received a single gunshot wound to […]

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Man critically injured during bar room violence

Man critically injured during bar room violence

| 06/02/2023 | 8 Comments

(CNS): One man is currently in hospital in critical condition after he was seriously assaulted during a spate of violence at a bar on Shedden Road, east of Eastern Avenue, at the weekend. CNS understands that a fight occurred around 2am on Saturday at the Sol y Luna bar, where a number of men were […]

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