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A lawyer appeared in court today to face charges of assault and wounding. Kamal Worrell, 38, had failed to appear for a Magistrates’ Court hearing yesterday, meaning that a warrant for his arrest was issued. After a brief hearing today, Magistrate Ma...

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said he was not comfortable being prosecuted by his friend and former boss, a court heard yesterday. Mr Tokunbo has denied a charge that he refused a breath test on January 19. Yesterday his lawyer, Charles Richardson, argu...

An arrest warrant was issued for a lawyer yesterday after he failed to appear in court over assault charges. Kamal Worrell, 38, did not attend Magistrates’ Court despite an order to appear before Magistrate Maxanne Anderson. Mr Worrell, from Warwick,...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...