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A Warwick man has been convicted of a $6 million cannabis smuggling plot by a unanimous verdict.
After a two-month trial in Supreme Court, Darrin Virgil, 29, was found guilty of conspiring to import and supply cannabis found hidden in a shipment of s...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
ACBDA have submitted new planning applications for Dockyard in advance of the 2017 America’s Cup.
A pair of applications were received by the Planning Department last week proposing a new service road to Moresby Plain Field, and alterations to a buil...
DATE: Mar 02, 2015
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Event
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Paget woman pleaded not guilty this morning to the murder of a 16-year-old student.
Kiahna Trott-Edwards, 31, was charged in the Supreme Court with murdering Shijuan Mungal on September 8 last year in Warwick.
The teenager was allegedly struck with...
DATE: Mar 02, 2015
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of four men accused of bringing almost $6 million of cannabis to the Island hidden in steel sheets approached its conclusion yesterday.
John Jefferis, 39, Darrin Virgil, 29, and brothers Corte and Iman Gibbons, 47 and 39 respectively, have ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl took to the stand yesterday to proclaim his innocence.
The 46-year-old accused, from Paget, has denied four counts of sexual exploiting the schoolgirl, who is under the age of 13, and one count of sex...
DATE: Feb 27, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Clifton, the “official residence of the Premier”, is up for rent, according to an online listing.
The historic building was listed for rent on the Coldwell Banker website which stated that the property would be available starting in April with a mont...
DATE: Feb 26, 2015
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The mother of a schoolgirl who says she was sexually assaulted was reluctant to tell the Police, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
As the trial of the 46-year-old Paget man accused of multiple sex offences against the girl continued yesterday, a fam...
DATE: Feb 26, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of a man accused of having sex with a young girl continued yesterday, with the schoolgirl saying she was afraid of the defendant.
The accused, a 46-year-old Paget man, has denied four counts of sexually exploiting the girl, who is under the...
DATE: Feb 25, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to erect a mobile cell tower in Devonshire have again been submitted to the Planning Department.
The application, received by the Department on February 13, proposes the erection of a 65-foot “cell-site on wheels” capable of extending to 100ft,...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of a Paget man charged with sexually assaulting a young girl began yesterday in Supreme Court, with the complainant taking the stand.
The 46-year-old defendant has denied four counts of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual assault, w...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes