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A man who led police on a chase through Warwick was fined for possession of cocaine.
Arndell Lightbourne, 42, pleaded guilty to possessing 1.29 grammes of the controlled drug.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police on Middle Road in Warwick noticed Lig...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A prominent former cricketer has been sentenced to two years’ probation after admitting an assault on his father.
Chris Foggo, 38, a former St George’s Cup Match and Bermuda wicketkeeper-batsman, appeared for sentencing in Magistrates’ Court last Fri...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A woman charged with firearms related offences will go to the Supreme Court for trial, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
The case was dismissed by the Supreme Court last October, but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision in a judgment yesterday.
T...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prosecutors have lodged an appeal to seek a longer prison sentence for a sex offender.
Chez Rogers, 20, was jailed on July 15 after he admitted he had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl and lured her. The offences took place between Augu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education.
Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 25-year-old St George’s man accused of an attempted gun murder will spend at least two more weeks in custody after his bail application was delayed because his lawyer is overseas.
Taaj Muhammad appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and explained...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 54-year-old woman was sentenced to two years’ probation in the Supreme Court yesterday after Acting Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe ruled against a defence lawyer’s submission in favour of a publication ban.
Mary-Beth Sherwin, from Paget, was found guilty...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A man left behind bars for more than five months longer than his sentence as he waited to be deported could leave the island on Monday, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Angelo Toussay, 36, a French national, was sentenced to nine months in jail aft...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man who swerved across the road near the scene of a crash was yesterday fined and banned from the roads for drink driving.
Tuala Bame, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to riding a motorcycle while over the legal blood-alcohol limit ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman today admitted stealing more than $1,000 from her employer over a three-month period.
Kellee Burgess, 32, pleaded guilty to stealing $1,286 in cash from the Complete Care Clinic on Dundonald Street, Hamilton, between March 17 and June 26 last...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes