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Police were forced to take evasive action to avoid an accident after a car cut them off as it turned on to a road, a court heard today. Prosecutor Javone Rogers told Magistrates’ Court that on September 25, David Sykes, 62, turned on to North Shore R...

Two years ago Shilo Payne found himself sent to a health treatment court – he had developed a cannabis dependency and neglected to treat his mental illness. Yesterday, he was celebrating graduating from the court’s programme, being clear of his addic...

A man who suffered road rash after he came off his bike when he hit a kerb has been fined and banned from the roads for drink-driving. John Iris, 59, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning. ...

Mobile phone records showed that a murder suspect could have been in the area on the night Morlan Steede was shot dead, a crime intelligence analyst said yesterday. Lauren Bell told the Supreme Court that calls made and received by a Sim card belongi...

A dispute between a landlord and tenant is to go back for trial after appeal court judges found that a magistrate was wrong to make a ruling without hearing evidence. The panel was told there was “an established practice” in Magistrates’ Court where ...

The driver of a car involved in an accident which left a teenager in a coma with brain damage was given a suspended prison sentence yesterday. John Doran, 19, from Devonshire, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court last month to injuring David Goonewa...

A woman who lost control of her car and crashed was ordered to take part in a court treatment programme after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Ryley Mason, 21, from Pembroke, admitted the offence when she appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. ...

A motorcyclist stopped for speeding was banned from the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Malcolm Symonds, 60, from Pembroke, admitted the offence when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Prosecutor Gardener-Brown...

A bid by prosecutors to reopen a drink-driving case that has dragged through the courts for three years has been rejected. The Department of Public Prosecutions argued that the case against defendant Damon Edwards was erroneously dismissed by a magis...

The island’s newest lawyer was praised by his colleagues in a Call to the Bar ceremony at the Supreme Court with a quote from US rapper Kendrick Lamar to illustrate his perseverance. Reid Orchard, a hip-hop fan as well as a fourth-generation lawyer, ...