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A woman who cried foul after losing her life savings in a house “flipping” scheme sparred in the Supreme Court over her awareness of the risks she was taking.
Lawyer Charles Richardson is defending Cedric Oates, 41, against a charge of making a state...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A childminder faces jail over the death of a toddler who died of accidental strangulation in his playpen after she left him home alone.
Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was left close to an electrical cord dangling from an air conditioning unit. It got...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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A childminder faces up to three years in jail for endangering the life of a toddler who died in her care.
Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was strangled in his playpen after he got an electrical cord from a nearby air conditioner wrapped around his nec...
DATE: Oct 15, 2012
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A teacher who said she lost everything in a plan to “flip” US real estate has admitted she’d previously fallen for a pyramid scheme.
Lawyer Charles Richardson suggested in the Supreme Court that Dianne Laird, 45, had a history of making high-risk inv...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of hoodwinking a woman into losing her life savings tried to pressure her into a “terrible” settlement just to keep the matter out of court.
But former Dellwood teacher Dianne Laird has told the Supreme Court she couldn’t bring herself ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Westgate inmate currently awaiting trial for wounding and assault was charged with additional offences yesterday in Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutor Tawana Tannock said that on September 5, Leonard Swan, 44, allegedly assaulted and caused bodily harm...
DATE: Oct 12, 2012
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A 31-year-old who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend was yesterday jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said he hoped the sentence would serve as a warning to other potential abusers that “the highest authority of the land...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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A 23-year-old man who abandoned more than 2,000g of cannabis at LF Wade International Airport had his sentenced reduced by a third yesterday.
Vincent Hewey was jailed for 18 months in February after he pleaded guilty to importing 2,156g of cannabis o...
DATE: Oct 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Craig Clarke blames unnamed ‘people in influential positions’ who wanted him to ‘go away’
By Ceola Wilson
Craig Clarke walked free of charges that he used threatening behaviour towards police officers following a ruling in Magistrates’ Court yesterda...
DATE: Oct 10, 2012
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A 46-year-old St George’s man came in for a stern warning to meet the requirements of his probation after he admitted stealing a bottle of cockspur rum.
Gerald Hall was spotted by one of the cashiers at Lindo’s in Devonshire on September 25. She aler...
DATE: Oct 10, 2012
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