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A man who admitted the theft of more than $4,000 worth of jewellery and a motorcycle from his ex-girlfriend was yesterday sent to the Drug Treatment Court.
Melvin Williams, 61, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing the items from Gloria Ma...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former premier facing a string of corruption charges has recruited an ex-Attorney-General to his legal team.
Ewart Brown said Sir Elliott Mottley, who was the A-G between 1995 to 1998, would help represent him in the wake of his January appearance ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who claimed he was kidnapped and forced to smuggle heroin to Bermuda argued his sentence should be reduced because he pleaded not guilty to the offence because of bad legal advice.
Omar Davy, 40, was sentenced to 18 years in jail after he was ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man told the Supreme Court yesterday he fought for his life with a gunman who took aim at him in a daylight attack.
The man – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – said he recognised the attacker as they struggled on Court Street.
He added: ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A gunman fired multiple shots at a man in a daylight attack on Court Street on Mother’s Day, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
Prosecutor Karen King said the victim escaped to Hamilton Police Station, but one bullet grazed his head.
Jahmico Trott...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A wine expert who claimed to be on his way home from a tasting when he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday.
Arne Schwarz, 57, a sommelier, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A lawyer was yesterday charged with the murder of a young woman missing for ten months.
Kamal Worrell appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning in connection with the death of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess on an unknown date between April 10 and June 11 ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder walked free from court yesterday after he was found not guilty by a jury.
Zachary Fox said just after the verdict was announced in Supreme Court: “I’m happy to be a free man. That’s all.”
Mr Fox was cha...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The legal battle over a bid to axe the Corporation of Hamilton wound up in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the Municipalities Reform Act – which would change the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos le...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An alleged gunman insisted yesterday that he did not carry out shooting incident near his home.
Zachary Fox, 22, told the Supreme Court that he had been a drug dealer and a gang member, but was not a murderer.
Mr Fox said: “I do not shoot at people. ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes