6 results returned for search: "" category ("Court" AND "News") author Rebecca Zuill
A 22-year-old man escaped a custodial sentence yesterday after presenting a letter of support from co-workers signed by 15 fellow employees that attested he was changing for the better.
In addition, Kenneth Leverock presented a supportive statement f...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Proceedings in the Court of Appeal will now be recorded and made available to attorneys and litigants, Supreme Court president Edward Zacca announced yesterday.
The issue came to the fore most recently in September when one litigant wanted to obtain ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A career criminal was warned by a Magistrate that he would have lost both his hands and his feet in another jurisdiction with his 22-page-long conviction record for dishonesty offences.
Randolph Simons pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A “curious” case resulted in Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner acquitting Deborah Smith of charges of using a hand-held device while driving a vehicle.
Ms Smith, a Pembroke resident,was stopped by Police near the Shelly Bay MarketPlace after one of...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A man whose anger “about Jamaicans coming into his country” spilled into a violent altercation, and brought a 22-year-old man who was already on probation into Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Kenneth Leverock, who supported in court by his mother and f...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
An emaciated American Bulldog, the subject of a Magistrates’ Court trial yesterday, suffered from unexplained periods of weight loss and gain, defendant Otis Omar Cann-Smith who is accused of causing unnecessary suffering of the dog testified yesterd...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill