Montserrat to open legal year with church service and parade
A public church service will be held at St John’s Anglican Church in Montserrat on Friday, 10 January, to mark the start of the new…
Category: Crime and Court
Appeals court frees mother jailed for two years for $15k theft
A mother of young children who was jailed for 28 months for stealing just over EC$15,200 from the Montserrat Port Authority has been released from…
New online platform modernises criminal case filing in Montserrat
Legal professionals and court officials in Montserrat are now required to file criminal case documents online as part of efforts to modernise the judicial system.…
Prosecutor flags power and internet issues as hinderance in legal process
Montserrat’s ongoing power and internet problems may hinder the effectiveness of the new digital court filing system, one of the island’s leading legal experts has…
‘We’re not being used as a penal colony’, Montserrat’s premier assures
Montserrat is not going to be used as a penal colony, Premier Reuben Meade has assured residents after he confirmed that three prisoners from Diego…
Three Diego Garcia prisoners to serve sentences in Montserrat
Three Sri Lankan migrants who are currently imprisoned on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will serve the remainder of their sentences in Montserrat,…
Woman who struck a child sentenced to three years’ probation
A 24-year-old woman who struck a child, causing a black eye, has been sentenced in Montserrat High Court to three years’ probation and time served.…
Jewellery burglar sentenced to three years probation and $1,000 fine
A 31-year-old man who pleaded guilty to burglary has been sentenced in Montserrat High Court to three years on probation and ordered to pay a…
Man charged with attempted murder after woman stabbed in Montserrat
A man has been charged with attempted murder and perverting the course of public justice after a woman was stabbed in Montserrat last week. The…
Police make arrest after woman stabbed in Montserrat
A woman is recovering after she was stabbed in Montserrat on the evening of 28 October, the Royal Montserrat Police Service has said. A police…