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A man was sentenced to a year behind bars yesterday after he admitted possession of heroin and drug equipment. Kervin Astwood, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of the drug with intent to supply and a pipe for use with drugs. The...

A serial conman who defrauded his friends of thousands of dollars was jailed for three years yesterday and ordered to make reparations to his victims Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said Jonathan Ratteray had multiple chances to change his mind abo...

A man switched his plea to four charges of bank fraud to guilty yesterday. Angelo Toussay, 35, admitted the theft of $2,350 from HSBC and an attempt to steal a further $8,590. Toussay admitted in Magistrates’ Court to possession of plastic cards with...

Two Puerto Ricans caught at the airport in an attempt to leave with cash and equipment to make fake credit cards were jailed yesterday for 16 months. Juan De La Cruz Carvajal, 21, and Avik Kavil Abreu Rivera, 24, admitted charges of conspiracy to ste...

A motorcyclist was fined almost $1,000 after he admitted two speeding offences. The court heard that Jahkhari Hollis, 21, was clocked by police at 91km/h, or 56mph, on Middle Road, Southampton, on May 23. He was caught again a week later riding at 65...

A drink driver was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday after he crashed his car. Kenneth Young, 22, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court to the offence. The court heard that police officers were called to Parsons Ro...

A store owner and cancer survivor said yesterday she almost cried after a man stole a charity box set up to help sufferers from the disease. Bernette Forde, of Bargain Hunters Hardware Store in Sandys, said she was “stunned” when she discovered the d...

The Supreme Court delayed sentencing of a career conman yesterday after he claimed his victims thought they had made investments in the drug trade. Jonathan Ratteray, 32, from Smith’s, was scheduled to be sentenced for multiple counts of dishonesty. ...

Cabinet minister Zane DeSilva lost a court battle with his sister-in-law and niece after it was ruled that his company wrongfully fired them. The Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Employment Tribunal that Island Construction was wrong to dismiss...

A child protection charity has condemned a decision to release a serial paedophile from prison four years early. Kelly Hunt, executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said last night that it was “unfathomable” that Jomar Akb...