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Two burglars who admitted stealing thousand of dollars of clothes, tools and accessories were sent to Drug Treatment Court.
Dean O’Brien, 59, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to trespassing and stealing clothes and accessories valued at $7,350.
T...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man found guilty of a historic sex assault on a schoolgirl has appealed to the Supreme Court to quash the conviction.
Jamel Simons, 38, was convicted of a sex offence against a girl, who was 15 at the time, in Magistrates’ Court in March – 19 years...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer is expected to face trial after a crash that left a woman seriously injured.
Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, confirmed that Simon Monk “was prosecuted for causing grievous bodily harm by careless driving”.
She said...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Pembroke man has admitted causing the death of a man by driving while impaired.
Ishmael Lightbourne, 41, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Supreme Court to causing the death of Shannon-Hugh Davis, 39, by driving on North Shore Road while over the leg...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A remand prisoner who admitted assaulting a fellow inmate and a corrections officer yesterday claimed that the attack came after he was called a racial slur.
Alvin Leverock, 41, told Magistrates’ Court that a combination of stress and outrage caused ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A trained actor traded the stage for the real-life drama of the courtroom, a Call to the Bar has heard.
Izabella Arnold, whose first degree was in theatre and dance, was welcomed to the legal profession at an online sitting of the Supreme Court on Mo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man given community service instead of a $2,000 fine for traffic offences has found a new ambition after he was allocated a landscaping role.
Malachi Smith, 21, who has just completed his community service order, hopes to stay in the sector and go ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s top magistrate yesterday warned a man with a history of drug and alcohol abuse that he faced a lifetime on the wrong side of the law unless he tackled his problems.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Jaha Mallory, 37, that his escalation...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police failed to carry out a proper investigation in the case of a truck driver accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist while drink driving, a lawyer said yesterday.
Richard Horseman, counsel for Charles Johnson, who was cleared last week in t...
DATE: Oct 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who admitted the theft of food from a church will be sentenced later this month.
Magistrates’ Court heard that a janitor at the Southampton Seventh-day Adventist Church found a window shattered and investigated.
He and church staff reviewed CCT...
DATE: Oct 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson