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A man jailed for three years for making lewd advances toward a young girl on a bus is seeking to have his conviction overturned.
Counsel for Davaun Cox, 29, argued before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman that Cox never formally entered a guilty plea befo...
DATE: Jan 08, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Driving without a helmet ended in nearly $2,000 worth of fines in Magistrates’ Court for a Warwick man.
Jaciano Wade, 20, of Dunscombe Road, admitted a string of offences on December 19 — which started when police on mobile patrol on South Road, Warw...
DATE: Dec 28, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A US drug mule caught with cannabis in LF Wade International Airport has been freed after his sentence was slashed on appeal.
Rodney Small, 30, must wait for travel arrangements to be made — but the Supreme Court has deemed his time spent in custody ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A mother alleging that a youth group leader kissed her son and pushed his tongue into the boy’s mouth told Magistrates’ Court she was convinced her son’s account was truthful.
“He probably still has more he could tell me,” the woman added.
For legal ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A schoolboy described being kissed twice by a youth group leader and told a magistrate the man told him to tell his mother “you were just playing with the boys” after he rejected advances in a secluded spot.
And the boy’s mother told Magistrates’ Cou...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three men accused of a home invasion using an imitation firearm walked free this evening, after being found not guilty on all counts.
Following a lengthy trial and hours of deliberations, Jerome Mader, 25, Justis Smith, 34, and Tyun Smith-Ming, 25, w...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As the trial for three men accused of burglary with an imitation gun nears its end, one of the accused took the stand to deny all involvement.
Tyun Smith-Ming, 25, told the Supreme Court he didn’t even know the two other men — Justis Smith and Jerome...
DATE: Dec 07, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police officer who arrested two of three men accused of a home invasion with an imitation gun described seeing a firearm pointed from the alleged getaway vehicle.
But Pc Keith Senior also sparred with defence lawyers who questioned his description ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Trial has begun for a teenager accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on another teen in a multi-vehicle crash on South Shore Road, Warwick.
Jahni Holder, 19, of Ridgeway Road, Pembroke, admits driving a motorcycle without a licence or valid insu...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A habitual thief who hacked a man in the neck with a machete after being surprised during a break-in has been jailed for 13 years.
Kimlo Charles Webb fled the scene of the attack — but was caught on home security footage.
The Supreme Court heard that...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
