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A police officer fired after he was accused of striking a teenage suspect with a baton and turning off his body camera has lost a legal battle to be reinstated.
The Public Service Commission found last year that Oswin Pereira should not have been dis...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man yesterday denied causing the death of a nurse in a 2019 road accident.
Norell Hull, 46, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to a charge of causing the death of Tamra Broadley, 61, by driving without due care and attention.
The incid...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An armed robbery this month at a West End betting shop appeared to reflect knowledge of the establishment’s security procedures.
The revelation came as the Betting Licence Authority renewed licenses for Paradise Games, Sea Horses and Triple Crown Ra...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court yesterday heard how armed police arrested a man outside his family home just after a shooting incident.
Officers told the court yesterday that they descended on Zachary Fox’s Pembroke home at 11pm on November 28, 2019 – about three ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenage motorcyclist who broke his leg in a crash was yesterday banned from the roads until 2024.
Shelton Dowling, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while disqualified, careless driving, ignoring a traffic sign and riding an unlic...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A gunman shot at another man, chased his target as he fled and tried to fire again, but the pistol misfired, Supreme Court was told yesterday.
Zachary Fox, 22, has denied charges that he attempted to kill Richard Steede and that he used a firearm.
H...
DATE: Feb 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tougher laws to cut down on drink boating should be introduced, the head of the island’s water safety watchdog said yesterday.
Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council and a Progressive Labour Party MP, said that regulations on the wat...
DATE: Feb 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who assaulted his mother after he missed a lift for a Covid-19 test was released from prison yesterday after he was sentenced to time already served in custody.
Percy Smith, 23, was also sentenced to two years probation after he admitted the of...
DATE: Feb 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman yesterday denied dropping an infant in her care, which resulted in a serious head injury.
Vernesha Symonds, 32, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing grievous bodily harm.
The incident is alleged to have happened on October 26, ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson