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A teenager who used to be in the care of the Government’s child protection agency said yesterday she acted out at the airport to avoid being sent to an overseas treatment centre. The 18-year-old told Magistrates’ Court that she tried to leave the air...

A man who admitted accessing more than 23,000 items of child pornography was today given a ten month suspended sentence. Wong Li Shan was told in the Supreme Court that, although the material was “abhorrent”, it was on the lowest level of the scale. ...

A graduate of the pupillage programme at law firm Appleby has been Called to the Bar. Ashley Bento spent the first 12 months of her two-year training stint at the firm in the corporate and insurance departments. Ms Bento now works with John Wasty, th...

A 66-year-old man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with seven counts of sexual assault. A police spokesman said the case was referred to the Supreme Court sitting on February 1 next year. He added: “Extra time was given as he was to travel ...

A man accused of plotting to smuggle gun parts into the island maintained his innocence yesterday despite links to three separate packages with contraband. Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said James Rumley, 39, would have to be “the most unlucky man” on the ...

A man who was found riding without a motorcycle helmet and later refused to take a breath test was fined $1,500 yesterday. Brydon Rutherford, 30, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refusal to take the breath test. The court heard police spotted...

A man pleaded not guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon after he was accused of owning an air rifle. Romario Dill, 25, denied the charge today during Magistrates’ Court. The incident was alleged to have happened on September 10. Magistrate Maxa...

A man who almost collided with other drivers last month while on his way home was fined $1,500 yesterday after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Magistrates’ Court heard that police stationed on Middle Road in Southampton spotted Madagedara Gunasingh...

Defendants are being denied a fair trial in Magistrates’ Court because of inefficiencies that cause hearings to drag on for years, it has been claimed. Top attorney Jerome Lynch QC made the accusation during a Court of Appeal hearing yesterday into t...

A group of defence lawyers yesterday launched a bid to appeal the convictions of three men jailed for murder and attempted murder. The move came in the wake of a ruling earlier this year which deemed that the jury selection process in criminal trials...