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A Portuguese national caught working illegally at the Grand Atlantic Development was fined $500.
Maria Pacheco appeared in Magistrates’ Court alongside the South Shore Warwick property’s manager, Dennis Rodrigues.
Rodrigues, of So Far Lane, St George...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A motorist fined $300 for using his cell phone argued it was no more distracting than lighting a cigarette or drinking coffee while driving.
Allan Whitecross, of Mission Drive, Paget, had earlier pleaded guilty to the September 19 offence.
The 57-yea...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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A 32-year-old driver who ran away from police after he was caught not wearing a seat belt, was fined $1,500 in Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said Locksley Cummings was pulled over by police officers on October 19 on Frog Lane, Devonshir...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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Supermarket owner Frank Arnold is among the latest to fall afoul of the Island’s laws against using a hand-held device while driving.
Arnold, 44, of Paget, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to the October 5 offence.
He was fined $300 by Senior Magistrat...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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A school guidance counsellor was yesterday convicted of using false statements to convince a teacher to invest her life savings into a real estate scheme.
A Supreme Court jury found Cedric Oates guilty of making statements he knew to be false or misl...
DATE: Oct 27, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawyers make closing arguments in case against Cedric Oates
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with defrauding a schoolteacher of her life savings acted as a manipulative predator according to prosecutors.
However defence lawyer Charles Richardso...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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A paedophile schoolteacher who sexually molested students is suing Government for almost $500,000, claiming prison officers beat him up and destroyed his parole documents.
Erwin Nisbett has been given the green light by a judge to pursue his claims i...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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A guidance counsellor charged with making false statements admitted to police that he should have given the complainant written documentation acknowledging her investment.
However Cedric Oates, 42, said he warned the complainant, teacher Dianne Laird...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of assaulting her young son has been cleared of the charges in Magistrates’ Court.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner yesterday ruled that the woman did not use unreasonable force when she hit the child with a belt, causing bruising. ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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A 22-year-old Smith’s man who ran his girlfriend off the road was yesterday given a suspended sentence.
Reid Perinchief, of Bridle Hill Road, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of causing actual bodily by dangerous driving.
Magistrates’ Court hear...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
