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A teenager was shown mercy in Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a speaker. Shane Darrell, 19, was given a three-month conditional discharge when he admitted that he stole an $180 speaker because he had one stolen from him. Th...

A senior who admitted throwing a corrosive liquid at police in a seven-hour stand-off escaped a jail sentence yesterday. James Dallas, 71, who was released from custody in November last year after nine months in jail, was sentenced in the Supreme Cou...

Two men denied seven drug charges yesterday, which included the possession of cocaine valued at more than $17,000. Steven Easton, 48, and Jason Liburd, 49, pleaded not guilty at Magistrates’ Court to three counts of possession of cocaine with intent ...

A man who racked up more than $3,000 in fines, after he pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of drug equipment and a string of traffic offences, was given until October to pay. But magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo also ordered David Eatherley, 35, to pay...

A man appeared yesterday in Magistrates’ Court charged with stabbing his 60-year-old neighbour. Gary Cooper, 68, is alleged to have stabbed Arthur Hollis with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The incident is alleged to have happened last Sunday in ...

A social inquiry report on a teenager who admitted taking a knife to school was ordered by a court today. Malachi Fox, 18, also pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court to possession of $800 worth of stolen goods. The court heard that Fox was seen play f...

A social inquiry report was ordered on a homeless man who stole more than $300 of food from a church. Sean Burchall, 28, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to the theft of the food from Wesley Methodist Church in Hamilton. The court heard that chur...

A mentally disabled sex offender was sentenced to three weeks at the Prison Farm yesterday to allow a psychiatric hospital to prepare to look after him. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe also reminded the mother of Khayriek Woolridge, 27, who was present...

A man accused of an attempted gun murder was remanded in custody for another week yesterday after he applied to change his defence lawyer. Magistrates’ Court heard that Taaj Muhammad, 25, submitted an application to the Legal Aid Office to be represe...

A woman who admitted driving home from a Christmas party under the influence was banned from the roads and fined yesterday. Janae Armstrong, 41, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to the offence at Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that police followed A...