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In an unprecedented mass walkout, about 15 lawyers protested against the reappointment of Rory Field as Director of Public Prosecutions by leaving a special sitting of Supreme Court.
The walkout included some of the Island’s most recognisable defence...
DATE: Jan 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 51-year-old man accused of threatening and assaulting two staff members at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute was ordered to return to the hospital when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Maurice Burrows, of Devonshire, allegedly th...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015
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Court
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Two men jailed for a foiled plot to import more than $700,000 of heroin have lost an appeal against their convictions.
Lorenzo Lottimore, 34, and Craig Hatherley, 29, were found guilty in 2012 of conspiring with others to import almost 400 grams of d...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick teen was released on bail this morning after he admitted taking a motorcycle.
Jervon Taylor, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a charge of taking a black Honda Scoopy without the owner’s consent sometime between October 4 and Nove...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men caught drinking and driving over the weekend have been banned from the roads.
Courey Evans, 42, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty to driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit, speeding and riding without a valid driver’s licence during an incident...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man was banned from the road for three years and fined almost $5,000 for a series of traffic offences, including drinking and driving.
Mikael Raynor, 33, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the legal blood-alcohol li...
DATE: Jan 19, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who severely beat a lawyer as she left court, choking her and repeatedly slamming her head into the ground, has been sentenced to three years behind bars.
Steve Bryant Symonds, 59, pleaded guilty this month to assaulting lawyer Georgia Marshall...
DATE: Jan 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man was bailed in Magistrates’ Court this morning after he admitted one charge of theft.
Dimetri Robinson, 37, pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of Aristocrat Vodka, worth $20, from Lindo’s in Warwick on January 15. Crown prosecutor Lari...
DATE: Jan 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A man who admitted sexually exploiting a five-year-old girl and inflicting emotional trauma on her family has been jailed for six years.
The Supreme Court heard that Michael Raymond Byron, 54, of Southampton, abused a position of trust when he molest...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 35-year-old man charged with robbery and burglary was remanded into custody when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Robert Damon Green, of no fixed abode, is accused of robbing the complainant at his home in Paget and then burgling the...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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