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A witness told the Supreme Court that she saw a silver van turn off its headlights moments before she came across the body of teenager Jen-Naya Simmons.
Juanae Burchall said that while she was in shock trying to help the young woman, she saw the same...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former police officer was given a suspended prison sentence yesterday for a sexual assault on a former colleague
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The friend of a teenager who died in a traffic collision maintained yesterday that she steered to avoid an oncoming van before she noticed that her friend was missing.
Jada Simmons-Trott said that while she would not have struck the van if she had no...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman described yesterday how a night out turned to tragedy when her friend was killed in a road traffic collision four years ago.
Jada Simmons-Trott told the Supreme Court that she was travelling in front of 19-year-old Jen-Naya Simmons with Ms Si...
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ruling that a warehouse worker was unfairly dismissed two days after his probation period had ended has been overturned.
While the Employment Tribunal found last year that Gorham’s owed David Robinson almost $19,000 for wrongful termination after h...
DATE: Jun 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pressure group challenging the legitimacy of a committee set up to handle complaints about judges has called on the Governor to convene a “properly constituted tribunal” to hear its grievance.
The Civil Justice Advocacy Group claims Chief Justice N...
DATE: Jun 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A woman accused of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules had antibodies that she believed were “equal to, if not better than” a vaccine, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Sophia Cannonier, 52, who took the stand during the second day of her trial, sai...
DATE: Jun 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two men were fined a total of almost $5,000 yesterday after admitting taking part in a scheme to dismiss traffic tickets.
Calshunto James, 35, and Kenton Smith, 34, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court to conspiring to pervert the course of justice by...
DATE: Jun 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A couple accused of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules had a crowd of supporters outside their home on the day a senior health officer came to arrest them, a court heard yesterday.
Armell Thomas said that he tried to have Sophia Cannonier, 52, and M...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who admitted setting fire to two cars in a misguided attempt to exact revenge on his estranged wife was given a suspended prison sentence.
Justice Iris pleaded guilty to causing wilful damage in the 2019 incident, which caused more than $6,000 ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes