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A cruise ship visitor was fined a total of $2,000 after he pleaded guilty to importing cocaine and cannabis into the island.
Alan Richards, for the Crown, told Magistrates’ Court that 54-year-old Julio Cesar Ferrer-Mendez disembarked from the Norweg...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A fourth man has been charged with the shooting death of 19-year-old Letrae Doeman.
Aaron Perinchief, 27, appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning where he was charged with the murder of Mr Doeman on July 1, in Smith’s.
He was also charged wi...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The family doctor of a couple accused of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules said that natural immunity could be just as safe as a vaccination.
Henry Dowling told Magistrates’ Court that, as long as the level of antibodies were the same, he saw no rea...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Campaigners who fought a legal battle to retain the right for same-sex couples to marry could be asked to pay some of the Government’s costs after a Privy Council order.
It was ruled that the respondents – Roderick Ferguson and others – were responsi...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A case management system that is the “lifeblood” of the island’s courts must be replaced as a priority, the Registrar of the Courts said.
Alexandra Domingues noted in an annual report that the judiciary was told the funding needed to buy an up-to-dat...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A senior who crashed a magistrate’s BMW has been ordered to pay $35,000 in damages.
Assistant Justice Jeffrey Elkinson ruled yesterday that Allan Robinson “failed to exercise the expected standard of care” that resulted in a crash involving Khamisi T...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two men were found not guilty yesterday of causing grievous bodily harm and depriving a man of his liberty.
Jahni Holder and Justin Cameron, both 27, were acquitted of the charges after a Supreme Court jury reached a majority verdict following about ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation intended to strengthen child protection laws came has come into force, the Attorney-General said today.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and the Minister of Legal Affairs, said that Part 5 of the Child Safeguarding (Miscellaneous ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Flaws in an alleged victim’s character or recollection should not distract jurors from the truth, a Supreme Court jury was told yesterday.
Alan Richards, for the Crown, said that Jamar Dill’s testimony, where he claimed to be beaten and set on fire, ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the fatal shooting of Letrae Doeman.
Quazori Brangman, 22, from Pembroke; Jukai Burgess, 22, from St George’s; and Nasaje Anderson, 25, also from St George’s were charged with the murde...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes