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A man accused of a plot to import fentanyl was cleared of charges yesterday. A jury found Maurice Martin not guilty of conspiring to import a controlled drug on the instructions of Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons. She told the jury: “As a result of...

A 54-year-old man clocked driving nearly three times the speed limit has been ordered off the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to impaired driving. Peter Araujo, from Smith’s, was pulled over by police officers on North Shore Road near Terc...

A motorcyclist who crashed into a car while more than 2½ times the legal alcohol limit was fined and banned from the roads. Daniel Farrar, from Southampton, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the alcohol limit in Warwick on No...

Failing to provide a breath sample has led to a Pembroke man being fined $800. Reginald Smith, 60, pleaded guilty to refusing to provide a sample of breath for analysis on February 10. Magistrates’ Court heard that Smith made a U-turn in front of a ...

A 34-year-old man has been banned from the roads for 18 months for drinking and driving after a traffic stop in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Daniel Joell, of Smith’s, was stopped by police on Angle Street, Hamilton, after disobeying a traffic s...

A 36-year-old man who shut down the island’s courts with a hoax bomb threat escaped a jail sentence yesterday. Robert Somner, who spent about a month behind bars before trial, was sentenced to time already served. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Somn...

The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated. He said: “If there is going to be roadside testing, there have g...

A former teacher on the island appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with sexual assault on a teenager after he was extradited from the United States. The 47-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to sexually a...

A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months. Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo heard that Trott was st...

Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled. Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Family Services and Family Court had been wrong to b...