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2018
Name Breach Decision
R v. Brett Thwaites

Breach of the Wild Life Protection Act:

Did unlawfully hunt game birds in excess of the maximum of twenty by one person during the period sunrise 9:00a.m. contrary to The Wild Life Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations 2007, Regulation 2

Decision(s)/Orders(s):

Wednesday, September 12, 2018.

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $20,000.00.

R v. Vivian Robinson (Water’s Edge Villa )

The Defendant is charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically:

i. Encroachment of 21 pylons.

Decision(s)/Orders(s):

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Plea: Guilty

Listed for sentencing, Monday, December 10, 2018.

Monday, December 10, 2018

Sentence: $100,000 or Three (3) months imprisonment

R v. Trevor Dunkley

Breach of the Natural Resources Conservation Act, 1991 s. 9(2). Defendant was charged for operating a dispensing and storage petroleum facility without an environmental permit.

Decisions/Orders granted:

Mention on Thursday September 13, 2018

(Bench Warrant served.)

R v. (1) Michael Harris and (2) Clive McNuff

Breach of the Wild Life Protection Act: Did unlawfully kill, capture or willfully molest a protected animal as well as possess parts of a protected letter contrary to s. 6 and 6A of the Wild Life Protection Act.

Decision(s)/Order(s):

Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

Sentence: $25,000.00 for each charge.

[Each defendant was fined a total of $50,000.00]

R v. Dragon Court Foods Ltd

Breach of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packing Material Prohibition) Order, 2018

Decision(s)/Orders(s):

Wednesday, November 11, 2019

Sentence: $25,000.00 or 30 days in prison

R v. Rashidi Williams

The Defendant was charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically:

  1. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence
  2. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence.
  3. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the Sea by reclamation, through Dumping of boulders on the Foreshore and Floor of the Sea without a Licence

Decisions/Orders granted:

September 6, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $150,000.00.

Following pleas in mitigation the charge was withdrawn.

R v. Nordie Smith

The Defendant was charged with the operation and construction of a wastewater treatment facility without a permit contrary to The Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act s. 9(2)

Decisions/Order(s):

Wednesday September 20, 2018

Order: Admonished and discharged.

2017
Name Breach Decision
R v. Horace Mair

The Defendant is charged with shooting twenty-three (23) Bald-pate Doves at Dovecot Memorial Park, Kirkpatrick, Orange, St. James contrary to The Wild Life Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations, 2004, Reg. 2

Decisions/Order(s)

July 20, 2017

Verdict: Guilty Sentence: $30,000.00

R v. Dancorp Limited, Dansinghani Bindu and Dansinghani Gabind. Information No. 2992/ 2015

The Defendant/Company is charged under Section 9(2) of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act for operating a nature based tourism attraction without a permit.

Decisions/Orders granted:

August 10, 2017

Plea: Guilty.

Sentence: $20,000.00

R v. Ronnie Elmhirst

Breach of the s. 9(1) of the Beach Control Act

Decisions/Orders granted:

August 22, 2017

Order: Ms. Elmhirst ordered to collect and pay for her Beach Licence.

[Ms. Elmhirst complied on September 5, 2017]