FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
VOLUME 119, No. 37
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COP ON ATTEMPTED
MURDER CHARGE
Police Constable Kyle Nimblet, under police escort, leaves the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Monday, having been charged with attempted murder among other offenses. to wit, a knife. The Byera man is POLICE CONSTABLE 373 additionally charged KYLE NIMBLET will remain with unlawfully in custody with three damaging a 3x2 criminal charges against aluminum sliding him, in connection with window, valued at last Saturday’s stabbing of EC$400, belonging to his former lover Rafia Rafia’s mother. Sardine, a 20-year-old FLOW sales representative Objection to bail of Villa. Nimblet, a 22-year-old All three offences were officer with three years’ reportedly committed at experience, was attached Villa on Saturday, to the Calliaqua Police September 6, during an Station at the time of his incident in which PC arrest. He is charged Nimblet allegedly used a with the attempted sharp instrument to murder of Sardine. He is inflict several stab also charged with wounds on his former entering the dwelling lover. house of Alicia Sardine, Nimblet, suspended Rafia’s mother, at Villa, from duties following the and at the time, had with incident, was not him a weapon of offence, required to plead to the
indictable charges when he was taken before Senior Magistrate Tammika McKenzie at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. He was remanded following strong objections to bail by Crown Counsel Maria Jackson-Richards.
Jackson-Richards told the Court the charges against Nimblet were serious ones, that the police were continuing their investigations, and the Prosecution was concerned that if the defendant was granted bail, he was likely to interfere with those investigations. She asked the Court for a week to allow the police to communicate with their witnesses.
Request for bail
Nimblet’s attorney Grant Connell, in his application for bail, said, “It is good to see that the Prosecution is describing a case of this nature as a serious offence. It is good to see that they are giving women the respect they deserve.” But he described the Prosecution’s request for a week as a fishing expedition, unless there
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was something that needed to be addressed in private chambers. Connell contended that the victim had been discharged from the hospital and it would be unfair to deny his client bail. He noted that bail was usually granted in cases of manslaughter, which is a more serious offence than attempted murder, one of the offences with which his client is charged.
by HAYDN HUGGINS
RSVGPF NOT IGNORING RECENT INCIDENTS A RECENT VIOLENT INCIDENT involving a female civilian and a member of the local constabulary might just have moved the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) into making a public statement, and taking action, in an effort to quell mounting disparaging social media attention. Continued on Page 3. The Royal SVG Police Force says it is committed to treating the recent incidents involving civilians and police with the utmost seriousness.