Supreme Court wants clarity about the term conviction
PHILIPSBURG -- Sentenced or not? That question has become a hot topic that is currently under consideration by the Supreme Court. Key question: is someone sentenced if the court returns a guilty verdict without More...
Matser’s conviction for tax fraud stands
PHILIPSBURG – Former Member of Parliament Silvio Matser has found no reprieve at the Supreme Court in The Hague where he contested his 2017 conviction for tax fraud. The Supreme Court judges – Willem van Schendel, More...
The wrong message
By Hilbert Haar Think about this a bit. The court in Philipsburg decided against sending the suspects in the Pompeii-investigation to prison because, according to local reports, “the insufficient condition of More...
Many acquittals but Buncampers found guilty of tax fraud
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice has sentenced former Public Health Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus and her husband Claudius to a 25,000-guilders fine and 240 hours of community service each for tax More...
Community service for hitting boy
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Secell Daniel Common on Wednesday afternoon to 120 hours of community service for hitting the 13-year old son Jeremiah of his neighbor, who happens to be More...
Raping employer gets 36 months
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Ashworth Robin on Wednesday morning to 36 months of imprisonment for the rape of a 19-year old girl in his home on Pumpkin Road on December 19, 2017. LOGIN More...
Court sends MP Brownbill to prison for tax fraud
PHILIPSBURG – Parliamentarian Chanel Brownbill was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment, with 15 months suspended and 240 hours of community service on Tuesday by the Court in First Instance. The court imposed More...
Casablanca appeal after the summer
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice will handle the appeal hearings in the so-called Casablanca case after the summer – in August or September - it appeared from a pro forma hearing on Thursday afternoon. LOGIN More...
Man sentenced for gun possession
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Leando Aslem Prince on Wednesday morning to 10 months of imprisonment for the possession of a firearm and ammunition. Police officers caught the 26-year old More...
Community service for attack on Marechaussee
PHILIPSBURG – A man who got into a violent argument with an officer of the Royal Marechaussee on November 10 of last year has to pay his victim $862 as compensation for medical expenses. The Court in First Instance More...
