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The island’s top magistrate yesterday warned a man with a history of drug and alcohol abuse that he faced a lifetime on the wrong side of the law unless he tackled his problems. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Jaha Mallory, 37, that his escalation...

Police failed to carry out a proper investigation in the case of a truck driver accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist while drink driving, a lawyer said yesterday. Richard Horseman, counsel for Charles Johnson, who was cleared last week in t...

A man who admitted the theft of food from a church will be sentenced later this month. Magistrates’ Court heard that a janitor at the Southampton Seventh-day Adventist Church found a window shattered and investigated. He and church staff reviewed CCT...

Family mediators were asked to bid for Government work to help resolve disputes over parental access to children. An invitation to tender was published to cover the “legally mandated function”. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Social Development and...

A homeless man will be sentenced next month for the theft of more than $365 worth of food from a supermarket and a break-in at a restaurant. Kim Knight, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to two counts of burglary and one count of a b...

A man was remanded in custody yesterday after he admitted the theft of more than $3,000 worth of cigarettes and other goods from a takeaway restaurant. Magistrates’ Court heard that Gilles Cailliere, the part owner of Wok Express, got a call from his...

A senior accused of causing the death of a motorcycle rider while drink-driving has had his name cleared in the Supreme Court. Charles Johnson, 65, of St George’s, had the charge against him dismissed in a brief appearance on Friday before Puisne Jud...

Three men charged in connection with two separate murders appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Shae-Unni Smith and Ricardo Tucker Jr, both 18, were charged with the murder of Duane Gibbons. Mr Gibbons, 57, was found unconscious with a stab wound...

A gym that went out of business owed a former staff member more than $15,000 in redundancy payments, the Supreme Court has ruled. Cassandra Simmons had argued in an Employment Tribunal last year that the Athletic Club had made her redundant in Novemb...

The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard. Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...