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No money: Ministry scraps Department of Judicial Services
PHILIPSBURG – The financial situation of the Ministry of Justice is “alarming” former Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman writes in a national decree dated January 12, the Friday before the interim-government More...
Justice Conference being held on Sint Maarten
Great Bay — Commencing on Monday January 22nd, 2018, Minister of Justice, Cornelius de Weever, in cooperation with the office of the Representative of the Netherlands in Philipsburg will be hosting a two-day More...
Demand 4 years for human trafficking
PHLIPSBURG - M.J.P. stood trial for two different cases in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday: human smuggling and illegal employment of prostitutes when she was a manager of the Hypnotic brothel in Sucker More...
Prosecution demands jail time for illegally employing prostitutes
PHILIPSBURG - "I was caught between a rock and a hard place," M.J.P. told the Court in First Instance on Thursday morning. The defendant is charged with human smuggling as an employee of the Casablanca brothel and More...
Man sentenced to six months and mental health treatment
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled a number of minor cases on Wednesday morning, including that of Camille Alvirio Schut, 28, who was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment, with 2 months conditional More...
Community service for gun possession
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled a number of minor cases on Wednesday morning. Leendert Cornelis Derk Smaal ended up with a 3-month conditional prison sentence, 2 years of probation and 240 hours More...
Five years for bank robbery
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced two men who robbed the Scotiabank in Simpson Bay on June 9 of last year to five years of imprisonment on Wednesday. A third man received a 4-year sentence. The More...
Court blocks return of forged ID-papers
PHILIPSBURG – A man with two aliases who is currently detained in the Pointe Blanche prison saw an attempt to regain possession of items the prosecutor’s office confiscated twice, strand in the Court in First More...
Court takes looters to task
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled several looting-trials on Wednesday. The heaviest sentence was for a man who had made his truck available to transport stolen goods for a neighbor. The court sentenced More...
Up to ten years for young armed robbers
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced four youngsters to prison sentences varying from 24 months to 10 years for their role in armed robberies and a home invasion whereby a resident was ill-treated More...
