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Court services are to be reduced in the wake of the increase in Covid-19 cases. Magistrates’ Court and the Supreme Court will continue to operate, but with limited access to the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building in Hamilton. But Alexandra Wheatley, the...

A mature student breached curfew regulations after he made a late-night visit to a friend to get help with college work. Michael Taylor, 66 was fined $3,000 after he pleaded guilty to the offence at a remote session of Magistrates’ Court yesterday. T...

A total of three people yesterday admitted breaches of Covid-19 curfew regulations. Clarence Simons, 71, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the earlier midnight to 5am lockdown. The court heard that around 1.30am on January 25 police...

A driver was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined a total of $3,000 after he was found asleep at the wheel after the Covid-19 curfew. Khalil Burchall, 36, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to drink driving and a breach of the earlier midn...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an allegation of malfeasance by a mother against the Department of Child and Family Services. The appellant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, sought damages for pain and suffering caused by supervision ord...

A man was fined $300 yesterday after he admitted stealing a knife from a hardware store. Dennis Richardson, 29, pleaded guilty to the theft at a virtual session of Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that Richardson visited Gorham’s hardware store on...

Three people were yesterday charged with Covid-19 curfew breaches. Tyven Hayward-Fletcher, 40, was fined $1,500 after he admitted breaching the earlier midnight to 5am curfew. But Hayward-Fletcher told Magistrates’ Court during the virtual session th...

A man was yesterday charged with a serious sex assault on a woman on her way to work. The 38-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at a virtual Magistrates’ Court hearing charged with the incident. He was not required to enter...

A police officer charged with careless driving will return to Magistrates’ Court after the Supreme Court ruled that she did have a case to answer. Latasha Celestine, a police officer, was charged with the offence after a traffic collision involving h...

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd’s neck in May 2020. Chauvin faces murder and manslaughter charges for the encounter that sparked months ...