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A father and son will lose their home after they failed in a legal battle to avoid a $3.6 million debt after they guaranteed a loan for another man that defaulted. The Supreme Court heard that Keith James and his son, Keimon Lawrence, signed on as gu...

A 54-year-old woman who took and damaged a neighbour’s boat has been ordered to pay $7,500 in compensation. Mary-Beth Sherwin pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday to taking the boat without permission. The court heard that Sean Kelly, the ...

A Canadian man pleaded guilty to six charges of bank fraud in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Christopher McMeel, 28, was accused of possessing seven fake debit cards and a magnetic card strip reader intended to create fake debit cards. McMeel, from Mo...

A lawyer who has denied prowling and theft charges faces a court trial. Magistrates’ Court ordered Raymond Desilva, 52, to return on November 26 to set a trial date. Mr Desilva, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty on August 23 to two charges of prowl...

A man who admitted breaking into a home was sent to the Drug Treatment Court yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that Leon Fough, 45, was caught after police were alerted to a burglary at a house in Ord Road, Warwick, last Friday. Police found Fough,...

A national football team captain alleged to have assaulted a police officer at a sports ground earlier this year has had the charge thrown out of court, it was revealed yesterday. Larry Mussenden, the Director of Public Prosecutions, confirmed that “...

A Salvation Army spokesman said that homelessness was a “critical issue” after a homeless man broke into a Hamilton church for food. The spokesman said that church break-ins by homeless individuals were done out of desperation. He added that while th...

A 28-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to four sex assaults on a girl aged under 14. The man, from Smith’s, is alleged to have committed the offences on April 8 and 9 in Devonshire. The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in ...

A man who attempted to escape from court after he was remanded in custody on a string of charges was sentenced to a total of a year and eight months in jail yesterday. Howard Ascento, 31, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an escape from lawful ...

A man denied hitting an off-duty police officer with a motorcycle and threatening to kill his family. Jaron Roberts, 28, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to an assault on Steven Cosham in an increased penalty zone and threatening hi...