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A senior denied allegations that he sexually touched a young boy more than 40 years ago.
The 84-year-old defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was accused of indecently assaulting a child, unlawfully causing the child to commit an in...
DATE: Oct 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who admitted a series of violent offences, as well as a serious sexual assault on a woman last year, will be sentenced this month to mental treatment.
The Supreme Court also heard that legislation for the court-enforced treatment of mentally il...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man who stabbed a neighbour in a dispute about a noisy kite has been jailed for 16 months.
Kevin Mello, 38, who admitted wounding Joshua Madeiros last December, will also have to serve two years of probation when he is released.
Under the ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A social worker who is suing the Government for $2.6 million over its alleged failure to pay her wages is unable to leave her role as an independent advocate in a case because no replacement has been appointed, her lawyer claimed this week.
Mark Diel...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man will appear in front of the Supreme Court after he was accused of trespassing into someone’s home and attacking them with a machete.
Keith Smith, 51, was charged on Wednesday with entering the home of Mitchell Watson and causing bodily harm wit...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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Court
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A Pembroke man who stabbed a neighbour in the shoulder during a row about a noisy kite will be sentenced this afternoon in the Supreme Court.
Kevin Mello, 38, pleaded guilty earlier this year to wounding Joshua Madeiros on December 18, 2018, stabbing...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man stole a Dunkley’s Dairy truck while staff were making a delivery and went joyriding in the vehicle.
Ernest Smith, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated taking of a vehicle in connection with the May 27 theft.
The ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who led police on a car chase that ended in him crashing his car pleaded guilty to refusing a breath test.
Tyree Armstrong, 27, admitted to the charge yesterday during Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that Armstrong overtook police on Middle...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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Court
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A man held behind bars for more than 2½ years on cannabis charges has been set free after the Supreme Court ruled that his constitutional rights had been breached.
Assistant Justice Delroy Duncan ordered the retrial of Dennis Robinson be stayed after...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 28-year-old man has denied groping a woman and exposing himself to her.
But he admitted to the thefts of three bottles of wine on a later date.
The man, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty yesterday to two charges of sex assault when he appeared in...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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