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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...

A man admitted committing two burglaries in the space of four days. Neko Cann, 43, of no known address, pleaded guilty to trespassing into the home of Steven Mitchell to steal more than $2,000 worth of electronics as well as an attempt to steal his b...

A defence lawyer was accused of stealing more than $86,000 yesterday. Nancy Vieira, 46, was charged with dishonestly obtaining a $50,000 money transfer from Kirsten Badenduck between January 6 and July 27 in 2016. She was also charged with the theft ...

Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with a weekend fight in a Front Street bar that left two people with stab wounds. Keedai Astwood, 26, of Rivera Road, Southampton and Collin Hendrickson Jr, 28, of Dundonald Stree...

A 33-year-old accused of killing another man on New Year’s Day also appeared at the Supreme Court arraignments session yesterday. Mikado Burchall, of Smith’s, is charged with the unlawful killing of Adrian Hassell, 24, with an alternative charge of ...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of a denial of legal protection to a five-year-old boy through a failure to fund independent court representation for him. Lawyers filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review by Martha Dismon...