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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...

A lawyer who has denied prowling and theft charges faces a court trial. Magistrates’ Court ordered Raymond Desilva, 52, to return on November 26 to set a trial date. Mr Desilva, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty on August 23 to two charges of prowl...

A man who admitted breaking into a home was sent to the Drug Treatment Court yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that Leon Fough, 45, was caught after police were alerted to a burglary at a house in Ord Road, Warwick, last Friday. Police found Fough,...

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 ...