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A teenager jailed for a daylight robbery had his conviction and sentence quashed yesterday because of his age.
OJ Campbell, 17, admitted that he used an imitation firearm to rob the Rubis gas station on St John’s Road on May 28, last year.
He was sen...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer accused of posting a “grossly offensive” meme online has launched legal action against the Crown.
Barbi Bishop, a constable, argued the charge breached the freedom of conscience and expression guaranteed by the Constitution.
The ac...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted growing eight cannabis plants at his home in Devonshire.
Kiwadme Roberts, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a single count of cultivating cannabis in an increased penalty zone.
The court hear...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian forklift truck driver in Britain was jailed after he punched an ex-football star so hard he knocked a tooth out.
Damien Swan, 34, launched an unprovoked attack on Gary McAllister, a former Liverpool and Leeds United player, as he tried to...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A teenage girl yesterday told Magistrates’ Court that an 81-year-old man who gave her lifts home after school grabbed her buttocks.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said that she ran into the man while she was out for a st...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who decked out on his motorcycle has been sent to DUI Court after he admitted being impaired at the time.
Gregory Dill, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to having care and control of a vehicle while impaired.
The court heard that police...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A witness told the Supreme Court yesterday how he tried to flee the scene of a shooting – only for his car to be in collision with the gunman’s motorbike a few blocks away.
The witness said he diverted off Court Street on to Angle Street after he hea...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Zane DeSilva, Progressive Labour Party MP, said he intends to prove his innocence after being charged with misleading a public officer over a fundraising dinner last year.
Mr DeSilva, who was charged yesterday alongside his daughter Zarah Harper and ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three convicted gunmen yesterday claimed their trials were tainted by unconstitutional jury selection in the Supreme Court.
Leveck Roberts, Quincy Brangman and Khyri Smith-Williams asked to have their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal in the...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of hitting a police officer with his car door and who avoided facing trial for three years admitted the offence yesterday.
Devon Burrows, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on police officer Nathan Lawrence.
But seni...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson