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The island’s newest lawyer thanked her mother for “never deterring me from my dreams, despite them seeming almost impossible”. Precious Smith, who was Called to the Bar before Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden, also wished her mother Wendy Woodley a happy...

A man who killed a grandfather was yesterday ordered by the Supreme Court to be detained at a psychiatric hospital in Britain. David Grant pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Henry Santucci in May 2020 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. A...

A police officer admitted yesterday that he had mislabelled two bags of evidence seized as part of a murder investigation. Detective Sergeant Lennox Ince told the Supreme Court that he had collected a grey sweat shirt and a pair of jeans from a house...

A police officer who broke his ankle during a training exercise is suing the service for negligence

An accused killer confessed to a murder months after the fatal shooting, the Supreme Court heard. A witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the court that Taaj Muhammad had told her that he had shot Ronniko Burchall, who she knew as...

A food delivery man who was held against his will said his captor got off too lightly. Romone Reid insisted Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, was let off the hook in Magistrates’ Court after two of the original three charges were dropped and the defendant receiv...

A man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the murder of an off-duty prison officer. Ajamu Hollis was accused of killing Daemon Bell in Hamilton Parish last Wednesday. The 46-year-old was not required to enter a plea as the case must...

A serial offender with a criminal record stretching back 40 years has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted the theft of $80 from a house. Neville Woods, 53, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates’ Court to trespassing into a home to steal cas...

A police officer said a man accused of a gun murder was seen on CCTV footage at the scene of the crime two hours before the shooting happened. Detective Constable Annika Donowa told the Supreme Court Taaj Muhammad arrived at the St David’s County Cri...

A man who left the scene of an accident was fined and banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday after he admitted he had been drinking before the crash. Magistrates’ Court heard that Joe Dill, 30, was driving his car on North Shore Road in Hamilt...