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Police recovered an imitation firearm after a high-speed police chase on Thursday.
The chase began after a report of an incident on Marsh Lane, in Devonshire, at about 9.45pm.
The motorcyclist abandoned his bike and ran into the Devonshire Marsh to...
DATE: Apr 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man who threatened to “stick” officers today admitted having a knife in public.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Robert Holdipp Jr, 24, was arrested after the mother of his child called police over a dispute with the defendant.
The woman told police w...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man caught by police asleep on his motorcycle has lost an appeal against conviction and a $3,500 fine for having care and control of a vehicle while impaired.
Mark Wilson argued that the police who arrested him had lied under oath, but the Supreme ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man caught with a screwdriver near Hamilton’s Ferry Terminal was jailed for 30 days.
Magistrates’ Court heard Maxwell Smith was arrested after police were alerted to a man tampering with bikes parked near the ferry stop. Smith was found in the area...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who admitted a Good Friday drink driving charge was yesterday fined $1,800 and banned from driving for 18 months. Magistrates’ Court heard Nanud Lino, 34, was arrested after he was seen to drive at high speed along Middle Road in Warwick.
Prose...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who lost teeth and suffered permanent damage to his face after he crashed while over the drink-driving limit was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months and fined $1,200.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Wayne Broadley-Samuels, 24, lost cont...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men seriously injured by violent crime have won a court battle for bigger compensation payouts.
The Court of Appeal ruled in two separate judgments that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board had been wrong to deduct medical expenses for awards...
DATE: Apr 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver accused of running a drug dealing business from his cab has been cleared of gun and drugs charges by a jury.
Jahdel Rogers, 37, was found not guilty of all five charges by unanimous verdict in the Supreme Court yesterday.
He was arreste...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver accused of having a gun and drugs in his vehicle claimed they had been left there by a passenger.
However, prosecutors called Jahdel Rogers’s story a “pack of lies” and alleged he used his taxi as a mobile drug-dealing operation.
Mr Rog...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 38-year-old man who admitted breaking into the home of a charity’s founder was ordered yesterday to appear at the drug treatment court.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Jahmeco Blakeney, from Pembroke, broke into the home of Martha Dismont, founder ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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