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A man who was found with two home-made drug pipes has been sentenced to three months behind bars.
Jason Liburd, 52, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possessing drug equipment.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said that police took Libu...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A case was halted yesterday against two people who were taken to court after a boat event where reggae artist Shaggy performed.
The pair were discharged on two counts, which they earlier denied.
Selange Gitschner, 41, and Matthew Strong, 44, had plea...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client argued that her employer knew she had taken on additional tasks for the senior despite previous claims.
Jacqueline MacLellan, head of MacLellan and Associates, told the S...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who tried to evade police officers on his bike was today banned from the roads for 18 months.
Philip Mallory, 26, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to speeding at 74km/h and driving dangerously.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A man will be sentenced next year after he admitted wielding a knife and other offences during an incident where a teenager was stabbed.
Tayo Smith, 21, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to possession of a bladed article in a public place, the use ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A lawyer has been accused of unlawfully obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client.
The Supreme Court heard that Nancy Vieira had been hired by Kirsten Badenduck in 2015 to fire a caregiver suspected of stealing from her.
But Jacqueline MacLe...
DATE: Dec 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mother told Magistrates’ Court that she felt hurt and helpless after her daughter told her that she had been touched inappropriately by a man while playing with friends.
The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she learnt of the ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 25-year-old man faces a retrial for murder and use of a firearm after a Supreme Court jury failed to reach a verdict yesterday.
Kiari Tucker, from Warwick, was charged with the murder of Morlan Steede, 35, and the use of a firearm in 2017.
His tria...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Supreme Court jury was told to look at a “tapestry of evidence” to assess whether or not a man was guilty of murder.
Kiari Tucker, 25, of Warwick, has denied shooting Morlan Steede to death on November 3, 2017 in the One Way Deepdale area of Pembro...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Sandys man accused of making inappropriate comments to a schoolgirl told police he would never make such comments to a child.
In a police interview played in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, he described the comments as “disturbing”, but that he was “...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes