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Police confirmed yesterday that they will look into the case of a senior government lawyer who failed to pay $52,000 in stamp duty for clients after a Supreme Court judgment against him.
A police spokesman said that the Commissioner of Police had rec...
DATE: Apr 02, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer admitted yesterday that he threatened his wife and caused more than $1,000 worth of damage to her car.
Sean Kelly, 40, pleaded guilty to using threatening words and causing $1,225 of damage to Rebekah Kelly’s car on October 9, 2019 i...
DATE: Apr 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who crashed his bike into a side walk on Christmas night has been banned from the roads for 18 months.
Karthikeyna Kadirvelu, 34, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty today in Magistrates’ Court to a charge that he had care and control of a vehicle wh...
DATE: Apr 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has ordered that a dispute between a senior Government lawyer and former clients be referred to the police after the lawyer pledged to repay the clients more than $70,000.
The Supreme Court heard that lawyer Myron Simmons, who is a senior Cro...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman told a court yesterday that she was sexually assaulted at least four times by a tenant in her family home and that the abuse started when she was just four years old.
The woman, now 35, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police sergeant and his wife appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of harassment of a former Commissioner of Police and the former head of police discipline.
Mark Monk, 39, was charged with using a phone to cause “annoyance, inconvenienc...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A parent has challenged the education minister over the need for schoolchildren to be tested for Covid-19 before they can be taught in a classroom.
Peter Sanderson, the lawyer for the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A law firm yesterday asked a court to waive legal privilege in a dispute over an $18 million loan for a hotel development that was never paid back.
The move came after Mexico Infrastructure Finance, who provided the cash to jump-start the Par la Vill...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was sentenced to a total of five months in jail yesterday after he admitted possession of $800 worth of crack cocaine with intent to supply.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police stopped Delun Fishenden, 22, on Southside Road, St George’s after ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A judge has dismissed a former police officer’s appeal against a sexual assault conviction, likening his behaviour to a “creeping tomcat quietly hunting its prey”.
Jermari Belboda, 27, was found guilty by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in 2020 of an ass...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes