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Crown lawyers are struggling to provide a “first rate prosecution service” because of increasing workloads and understaffing within the Department of Public Prosecutions.
And a drive to cut costs through pay cuts and furloughs is having a “moral defl...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Forensic evidence against a teen athlete accused of attempting to shoot another man dead includes a single microscopic particle of what can unequivocally be called gunshot residue.
And a reference to “shooting at close range” retrieved from the phone...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Sandys man was yesterday convicted of sexually touching and invading the privacy of a young girl when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court.
However, the defendant, 39 year-old Shuja Amon Muhammad was found not guilty of a second count of sexually touc...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Possible reforms of the Island’s cannabis laws have been welcomed by veteran politicians Delaey Robinson and Ashfield DeVent.
But the former Progressive Labour Party MPs also questioned the rationale of the current debate on cannabis — and cautioned ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man allegedly targeted in a ride-by shooting yesterday described how he had made a desperate sprint to escape his attackers.
While Levon Thomas escaped without injury, he told the court he heard one shot fly “across his head” as he ran for safety.
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DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers accidentally tainted criminal evidence with gunshot residue, a defence lawyer has suggested to the jury at a trial for an attempted gun murder.
Lawyer Marc Daniels also charged that a police firearms officer was giving inaccurate info...
DATE: Jan 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Accused gunman Blaine Simmons “acted in a very nervous manner” when stopped after a gang-related shooting last year in Sandys, a police firearms officer told the Supreme Court.
Mr Simmons denies attempting to murder Lo’Torean Durrant, as well as usin...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman has admitted cursing at officers who were investigating the fatal stabbing of Verneil Richardson.
Shakeda Outerbridge, 25, from Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, to a charge of using offensive words in the Bail...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man allegedly targeted by a gang has described running for his life from a “dark figure” outside his house — only to be gunned down before he could reach safety.
Lo’Torean Durrant, 23, took the stand on the opening day of trial for Blaine Simmons, ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Paget man faces allegations that he caused grievous bodily harm to a passenger, after losing control of the vehicle in December 2010.
John Wardman, 29, of Hallelu Lane, is accused of driving while impaired, driving over the legal blood-alcohol limi...
DATE: Jan 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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