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The daughter of alleged elder abuse victim “Auntie Em” is appealing a magistrate’s judgement which found she owed $25,000 to a caregiver who looked after her mother.
Rosamund Hayward, 53, of Upland Street, Devonshire, was ordered to pay the money to ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A defence lawyer yesterday branded an alleged sex assault victim “a liar and a thief” as she recounted his criminal past.
Shade Subair revealed the convictions of 21-year-old former office clerk Mr X as she cross-examined him during the trial of her ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Unionised Belco workers have revealed they rejected a pay freeze because it came with no assurances on job security.
The Electricity Supply Trade Union (ESTU) issued a statement yesterday which said the utility company requested the freeze a year aft...
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former office clerk was pushed onto a bed and pinned down by his manager before being sexually assaulted, he told a court yesterday.
Mr X, 21, who claims the older man attacked him repeatedly between February and June 2009, said the alleged inciden...
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Government should get rid of an overseas contractor hired to help revamp the bus timetable and let drivers devise a new one, according to union officials.
They say tens of thousands of taxpayers' dollars could be saved if the Department of Public Tra...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 21-year-old who claims he was subjected to a string of sexual assaults by a much older man while still a teenager told a court yesterday he could not “forget or forgive”.
Mr X was giving evidence on the second day of the Magistrates’ Court trial of...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A young father who claimed he was kicked in the face by a policeman has been found not guilty of assaulting the same officer.
But Troy Smith, 29, did behave in an “angry, aggressive and profane” manner on July 4 last year, according to Magistrate Kha...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A teacher who was hit in the head with a cricket bat by her fiancé’s ex sobbed in court yesterday as she told how the woman had “abused” her for four years.
Tara Burchall broke down in tears after Audrey Swainson admitted a charge of common assault b...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former office clerk who claims he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by his manager told a court yesterday he had “wanted to kill” the much older man.
Mr X describing two of the ten assaults he claims took place between February and June 2009, when ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A teacher who was hit in the head with a cricket bat by her fiancé's ex sobbed in court today as she told how the woman had “abused” her for four years.
Tara Burchall broke down in tears after Audrey Swainson admitted a charge of common assault befor...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
