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A woman was shown leniency by a senior magistrate yesterday after he cancelled more than $2,000 in fines. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe let Danyell Webbe, 40, off the hook for $2,200 in traffic fines after he was told of “private matters” that were n...

A man who sent death threats to the Premier is alleged to have threatened his father, Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday. Jared Gordon, 30, denied the use of threatening words to his father, Leroy Gordon. Mr Gordon was alleged to have told his father...

A former gym owner claimed yesterday that he was owed more than $100,000 as part of a contract signed with another gym five years ago. Scott Stallard, who owned The Olympic Club, told the Supreme Court that he had not been compensated in line with a...

A man who spent three years behind bars could soon be released after the Supreme Court ruled he was treated unfairly by the parole board. The parole board recalled Dennis Robinson to prison in November 2016 after he was arrested on drug charges, but ...

Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday a woman spent three days in hospital after her former boyfriend fractured her leg in an assault at a hotel. The court was told Kingston Darrell attacked Jashunte Furbert-Tuzo at a concert in the Hamilton Princess & ...

A man was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined $500 on drug possession charges yesterday. Scott Dill, 34, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply and cannabis possession. The offences took place on March 12, 201...

A 70-year-old man admitted throwing a corrosive liquid at police during a seven-hour stand-off. James Dallas pleaded guilty in Supreme Court yesterday to four counts of throwing a corrosive fluid with intent to resist arrest. He also admitted trespa...

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...