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A teenager described to the Supreme Court yesterday how she told her mother she had been raped and molested by a man who was trusted by the family.
The young woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she kept the secret for years becaus...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager tearfully told the Supreme Court yesterday how an adult man sexually violated her in his office while she was still in middle school.
The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the defendant from the stand: “I don’t unders...
DATE: Sep 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trial for two men from Bermuda facing terrorism charges in Britain began yesterday at the Old Bailey in London.
Hisham Muhammad, 25, accused of subscribing to radical Islam, allegedly planned to use a radio-controlled drone to attack an army barrac...
DATE: Sep 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The trial of a 58-year-old man accused of a string of sexual offences against an underage girl began in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Devonshire man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has denied sexually touching the preteen while in a p...
DATE: Sep 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender was ordered yesterday to wear an electronic monitoring device after he failed to provide any evidence to support his claim that it would cause him pain.
Junius Caines, 50, was imprisoned last year after he was convicted of a ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two guest workers set to leave the island in less than two weeks were ordered to pay $1,000 fines for alcohol-related offences.
Graham Lee, 28, and Ben Jewell, 29, were arrested within minutes of one another at the same gas station for separate offen...
DATE: Sep 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Massachusetts man who was caught with cocaine in his cruise ship cabin was ordered to pay $750 before he can leave the island.
Kyle Melannson, 29, from Leominster, pleaded guilty yesterday to importing cocaine and THC — the active ingredient in can...
DATE: Sep 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 19-year-old cruise ship passenger was fined $3,000 yesterday after he admitted an attack on a man and a woman on the Norwegian Escape.
Dominic Cappellino, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Paul Paolino and Gabrielle Tomeo.
T...
DATE: Sep 06, 2019
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Court
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A 40-year-old man has denied intruding on a woman’s privacy in her own home.
The Devonshire man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, formally pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The incident is alleged to have happened in St George’s o...
DATE: Sep 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man from the Dutch Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten who admitted four charges of theft and bank fraud was jailed for nine months yesterday.
Angelo Toussay, 35, pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court to the theft of $2,350 from HSBC and an attempt ...
DATE: Sep 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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