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A police sergeant and his wife appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of harassment of a former Commissioner of Police and the former head of police discipline.
Mark Monk, 39, was charged with using a phone to cause “annoyance, inconvenienc...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A parent has challenged the education minister over the need for schoolchildren to be tested for Covid-19 before they can be taught in a classroom.
Peter Sanderson, the lawyer for the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A law firm yesterday asked a court to waive legal privilege in a dispute over an $18 million loan for a hotel development that was never paid back.
The move came after Mexico Infrastructure Finance, who provided the cash to jump-start the Par la Vill...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was sentenced to a total of five months in jail yesterday after he admitted possession of $800 worth of crack cocaine with intent to supply.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police stopped Delun Fishenden, 22, on Southside Road, St George’s after ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A judge has dismissed a former police officer’s appeal against a sexual assault conviction, likening his behaviour to a “creeping tomcat quietly hunting its prey”.
Jermari Belboda, 27, was found guilty by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in 2020 of an ass...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman cleared of cannabis charges on appeal has had her convictions restored by the Court of Appeal.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found last year that two convictions against Rebecca Wallington should be overturned because of the appearance o...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that a Supreme Court judge may have appeared to be biased against a former Progressive Labour Party MP and minister because of an earlier corruption investigation.
Michael Scott had called for two rulings by P...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who stabbed his father to death was scarred for life in childhood after he watched the “horrific” death of his little sister in a road accident, a court heard
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man was cleared of attempted murder two years to the day after the gun attack happened.
The Supreme Court jury found Kyari Flood, 22, not guilty of the charge yesterday.
He was also cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A drink-driving motorcyclist who collided with a car and threatened to headbutt a police officer was banned from the roads yesterday and fined more than $3,400 for a string of traffic offences.
Urian Dickinson, 38, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Cou...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson