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A former Government Minister whose department was hit by a massive fraud said he struggles to accept that the couple who committed it are guilty.
David Burch was called as a character witness when Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows were sentence...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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A former civil servant and his wife are today beginning eight year and six year jail sentences respectively for pocketing vast amounts of taxpayers’ money.
Kyril Burrows, 48, and Delcina Bean-Burrows, 49, were ordered to pay the $526,833.81 that the...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Criminals who target visitors are also harming the Island’s tourism business — and it should reflect in their prison time.
This was the assertion of Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner, who took a sharp line in sentencing serial burglar Jamiko Bean.
M...
DATE: Jul 25, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former promising young athlete is facing jail after admitting to handling a gun and ammunition.
Darrion Simons, 19, was caught red handed with the Smith and Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre bullets on November 5 last year.
He pleaded guilty to t...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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A magistrate yesterday insisted she feared for her safety after she was shouted at by a man outside a grocery store.
Nicole Stoneham told Magistrates’ Court she was waiting to use an ATM machine outside the ModernMart in Paget when she was confronted...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager admitted handling a gun and ammunition this morning, shortly before his trial was due to begin.
Darrion Simons, of Crane Lane, Pembroke, was caught red handed with the Smith and Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre bullets on November 5 last...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Two men accused of murder appeared for a court date via teleconference in the first use of a new video conferencing system for the courts.
David Cox, 32, and Devon Hewey, 23, both stand accused of the premeditated murder of James Lawes, who was gunne...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An actuary who was found guilty of driving while using a hand-held device has lost her appeal against conviction in the Supreme Court.
But Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled yesterday that the sentence given to Catherine Farnsworth for listening to an i...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A convicted gunman who admitted shooting a Devonshire man outside a North Shore nightclub has been jailed for more than 12 years.
Pelealkhai Williams, 23, was sentenced to 12 years and three months of imprisonment for wounding Rodney Grimes with inte...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A prisoner has admitted having cannabis just two months into a 30 year sentence for shooting two people.
Jahmel Glenn Blakeney, admitted to Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that he had the cannabis in Westgate Correctional Facility an Increased Pen...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
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