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A man who crashed his bike into a side walk on Christmas night has been banned from the roads for 18 months.
Karthikeyna Kadirvelu, 34, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty today in Magistrates’ Court to a charge that he had care and control of a vehicle wh...
DATE: Apr 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has ordered that a dispute between a senior Government lawyer and former clients be referred to the police after the lawyer pledged to repay the clients more than $70,000.
The Supreme Court heard that lawyer Myron Simmons, who is a senior Cro...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman told a court yesterday that she was sexually assaulted at least four times by a tenant in her family home and that the abuse started when she was just four years old.
The woman, now 35, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police sergeant and his wife appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of harassment of a former Commissioner of Police and the former head of police discipline.
Mark Monk, 39, was charged with using a phone to cause “annoyance, inconvenienc...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A parent has challenged the education minister over the need for schoolchildren to be tested for Covid-19 before they can be taught in a classroom.
Peter Sanderson, the lawyer for the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A law firm yesterday asked a court to waive legal privilege in a dispute over an $18 million loan for a hotel development that was never paid back.
The move came after Mexico Infrastructure Finance, who provided the cash to jump-start the Par la Vill...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was sentenced to a total of five months in jail yesterday after he admitted possession of $800 worth of crack cocaine with intent to supply.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police stopped Delun Fishenden, 22, on Southside Road, St George’s after ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A judge has dismissed a former police officer’s appeal against a sexual assault conviction, likening his behaviour to a “creeping tomcat quietly hunting its prey”.
Jermari Belboda, 27, was found guilty by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in 2020 of an ass...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman cleared of cannabis charges on appeal has had her convictions restored by the Court of Appeal.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found last year that two convictions against Rebecca Wallington should be overturned because of the appearance o...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that a Supreme Court judge may have appeared to be biased against a former Progressive Labour Party MP and minister because of an earlier corruption investigation.
Michael Scott had called for two rulings by P...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes