sexual assault and assault.

And an expatriate worker and a widow both received $70,000, the top amount possible.

Yesterday, Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, issued the committee's annual report.

Last year's awards, which ranged from $700 and $70,000, totalled $572,919.86.

The payments cover medical and legal fees, travel costs, lost wages, and allowances for pain and suffering.

A former BTC executive was sexually assaulted on August 12, 1996 when 24-year-old Anthony Ricardo Richardson broke into her home on Middle Road, Southampton.

The woman was unable to work for five months after the attack and has been in psychiatric counselling since the incident.

The widow of Brownlow Tucker Smith-Place also received $70,000.

In October 1996, Mr. Smith-Place argued with his nephew Randall Elsworth Leroy Walker at a Marsh Folly, Pembroke home.

Mr. Smith-Place died from an injury sustained after he was punched by his nephew. He fell backward and struck his head on a china cabinet.

Walker was later convicted of manslaughter, but Chief Justice Austin Ward said the incident was a "most unfortunate occurrence'' and ruled Walker's one year in custody was sufficient punishment.

Other compensation recipients included a woman who is "very nearly her old self, but is still very uneasy in the dark and has not regained all of her resilience'' after being robbed and sexually assaulted on August 29, 1993.

She was granted $49,738.82 in compensation.

And a mother whose sons were involved in a fatal argument was given $47,326.60.

Brenda (Augustus) Spencer's son, Jake Wai-zu Spencer, was jailed for six years for the stabbing murder of his younger brother Umoja Spencer on February 4, 1995.

Sherrylynne Joanne Byfield, who suffered multiple stabbing and slashing wounds at the hands of her jealous, machete-wielding husband was given $34,731.

The two children of Brian Simmons, who was found with his throat slashed in the Pembroke Dump on October 9, 1994, were given compensation awards.

The children -- Tashay Minks and Adrain E.O. Minks -- received $15,600 and $13,000, respectively.

David Bruce Riley was fatally wounded after an argument with his friend over a bottle of wine.

The Board covered the costs of his funeral and medical expenses and provided benefit for his minor child.

But the total $26,000 was reduced to $22,918 due to contributory negligence.

Also: A 24-year-old woman who was physically and sexually assaulted outside the Spinning Wheel and at her home on August 15, 1996 was given $22,176.29.

Stuart J. Williams, who suffers from headaches and recent memory loss after being struck in the head outside the Swinging doors Nightclub on August 18, 1994, received $19,840.

Andre Rawlins was hospitalised for two weeks after an assailant attacked him with a crow bar and left him unconscious and bleeding on August 25, 1996. He was given $16,768.23.

Donald C.E. Grant received $15,553 for suffering multiple injuries and burns after a group of youths beat him and threw a Molotov cocktail on his body on April 23, 1996.

Ronald Beech, a Police officer who suffered a punctured lung while arresting an assailant, was given $13,661.59.

Eric Easton received $12,974 after being robbed, kicked and beaten with a metal rod at the Warwick Workman's Club on September 27, 1993.

A visitor to the Island was given $11,271.72 for the "considerable psychological and emotional distress'' caused by a violent robbery on August 12, 1997.