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A man who claimed to be escaping muggers when he was caught drink driving while banned from the roads was fined $4,000 and disqualified for a further two years last week.
Quadir Maynard, 27, told Magistrates’ Court that he was “fighting for” his life...
DATE: Feb 21, 2021
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man told the Supreme Court he believed he was the target of a shooting because he had made a police statement about a gang leader in the wake of his son’s murder.
Richard Steede said he recognised the gunman who took aim at him as Zachary Fox, whom...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday (THURS) after she admitted driving while double the legal alcohol limit.
Kristine Marshall, 45, was also fined $1,000 after she pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court.
The incident took place on...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who admitted accepting financial assistance from the Government while he was working for five months was yesterday ordered to pay more than $11,000 in restitution.
David McCann, 37, was also fined $1,000 when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court. ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Government will not comment on a pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired until an investigation has been completed.
A Ministry of Transport spokeswoman said inquiries surrounding Ascot Lightbourne and his pilotin...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police officer fired after he was accused of striking a teenage suspect with a baton and turning off his body camera has lost a legal battle to be reinstated.
The Public Service Commission found last year that Oswin Pereira should not have been dis...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man yesterday denied causing the death of a nurse in a 2019 road accident.
Norell Hull, 46, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to a charge of causing the death of Tamra Broadley, 61, by driving without due care and attention.
The incid...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An armed robbery this month at a West End betting shop appeared to reflect knowledge of the establishment’s security procedures.
The revelation came as the Betting Licence Authority renewed licenses for Paradise Games, Sea Horses and Triple Crown Ra...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court yesterday heard how armed police arrested a man outside his family home just after a shooting incident.
Officers told the court yesterday that they descended on Zachary Fox’s Pembroke home at 11pm on November 28, 2019 – about three ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenage motorcyclist who broke his leg in a crash was yesterday banned from the roads until 2024.
Shelton Dowling, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while disqualified, careless driving, ignoring a traffic sign and riding an unlic...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson