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A police officer who broke his ankle during a training exercise is suing the service for negligence
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An accused killer confessed to a murder months after the fatal shooting, the Supreme Court heard.
A witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the court that Taaj Muhammad had told her that he had shot Ronniko Burchall, who she knew as...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A food delivery man who was held against his will said his captor got off too lightly.
Romone Reid insisted Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, was let off the hook in Magistrates’ Court after two of the original three charges were dropped and the defendant receiv...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the murder of an off-duty prison officer.
Ajamu Hollis was accused of killing Daemon Bell in Hamilton Parish last Wednesday.
The 46-year-old was not required to enter a plea as the case must...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A serial offender with a criminal record stretching back 40 years has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted the theft of $80 from a house.
Neville Woods, 53, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates’ Court to trespassing into a home to steal cas...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police officer said a man accused of a gun murder was seen on CCTV footage at the scene of the crime two hours before the shooting happened.
Detective Constable Annika Donowa told the Supreme Court Taaj Muhammad arrived at the St David’s County Cri...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who left the scene of an accident was fined and banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday after he admitted he had been drinking before the crash.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Joe Dill, 30, was driving his car on North Shore Road in Hamilt...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 34-year-old man yesterday denied harassing and catcalling a 14-year-old girl.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to two counts of intruding on the privacy of a minor.
Magistrates’ Court heard that the man is alleged ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two men yesterday denied a plot to bring more than $61,000 worth of drugs to the island.
Wayne DeShields and Daquan Williams, both 25, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to conspiracy to import THC between an unknown date and February 4 last ye...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Witness says defendant told her he had shot someone in the head and dropped gun in the sea
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes