Davy Hill man on trial after pleading not guilty to two rape charges
Sixty-three-year-old Bertram Cecil Lindsey from Davy Hill is on trial at Montserrat High Court after pleading not guilty to two charges of rape. The alleged…
Category: Crime and Court
Lookout resident ordered to vacate home and pay $34k in rent arrears
A high court judge has ordered a Lookout resident to surrender the house he has lived in for 17 years and pay more than EC$34,000…
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…
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…