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A lawyer has been accused of misusing a client’s trust fund and leaving him penniless after he loaned more than $400,000 to another client without securities.
Geoffrey Willcocks has argued that Joseph Wakefield, as executor of his father’s estate, lo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys woman was taken off the roads for nine months after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention on New Year’s Eve last year.
Glenda Reid, 64, admitted the offence when she appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Shaunte Sim...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A government MP told police he understood an event partly organised by his daughter when coronavirus restrictions were in place was expected to be like functions held in Miami or Las Vegas, a court heard.
Jurors watched footage from October 2020, whe...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hospital technician was cleared yesterday of all charges connected to a tragic road traffic collision.
Norrell Hull Jr, 48, was found not guilty of killing Tamra Broadley through careless driving during an incident alleged to have happened on Septe...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police officer tasked with reviewing applications for large-group exemptions initially recommended that an event at Blu Bar and Grill in the midst of the pandemic be refused permission, determining that it would “make an ass out of regulations”.
Se...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys resident was banned from driving heavy trucks for three months after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention.
Jeneko Place, 28, admitted the offence in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Matthew Frick, for the Crown, told the...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Meals On Wheels ‘fundraiser’ at Blu Restaurant during height of pandemic called into question
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man who violently sexually assaulted a care worker while she walked to work was yesterday jailed for 11 years.
The Supreme Court heard that Ronald Kirkland Simmons, 39, attempted to pull the victim behind a gate and held a knife to her neck before ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man found with 32 rounds of ammunition hidden in a Thermos was sentenced to spend 12 years behind bars yesterday.
Counsel for Christopher Perinchief argued that he deserved a shorter sentence due to both his guilty plea and a sentencing discount es...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who was hit by a car would have been “nearly impossible” for the driver to see because of the sun, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Pc Philip Lewis, a road traffic collision reconstructionist, confirmed that he believed Norrell Hull Jr, 48,...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson