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A gang member who tried to shoot a rival dead in broad daylight has been found guilty by a jury.
Noet Barnett, who has the mental age of a nine or ten year old according to a psychologist, now faces a lengthy jail sentence.
The 25-year-old attacked J...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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The judge in the Noet Barnett attempted murder case has started summing up, and a verdict may come today.
Mr Barnett, 25, is accused of injuring Jeremiah Dill, 28, in an allegedly gang-motivated drive-by shooting in Pembroke on October 4 2010.
The tr...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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A Sandys man who allegedly assaulted a police officer to escape arrest was charged in Magistrates’ Court alongside the friend accused of helping him.
Shae Quan Astwood, 27, of Sound View Road, denied the charges.
Jahchel Gibson, 18, of Tribe Road Si...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 41-year-old Smith’s man was charged with assault in Magistrates’ Court.
Roddelle Lightbourne denied unlawfully assaulting Mervin Dickinson in Pembroke on October 19.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner granted bail of $2,000 and ordered Mr Lightbour...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The colleague of a former office manager accused of sexually molesting a much younger employee told a court she never saw anything “strange” in her boss’s interaction with his alleged victim.
The woman appeared as a defence witness at the Magistrates...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A US missionary has been given an absolute discharge in connection with gun and ammunition charges.
Egbert Haywood, 72, from North Carolina, was found with a .32 calibre pistol, four rounds of ammunition and an offensive weapon, an extendable baton, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 46-year-old man yesterday appeared in court charged with smuggling heroin valued at $1.4 million into the Island.
Shannon Forth, 46, of no fixed abode, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with importing 483.7g of the controlled drug diamorphine and p...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Accused gunman Noet Barnett has a “very low” IQ and the mental age of a nine or ten year old, a jury heard.
Psychologist Guy Fowle was called by the defence in the case. He told the jury Mr Barnett’s brainpower is in the “lowest one percentile” of th...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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A man recently convicted of hitting a teenager with a saucepan saw a separate case involving knife and trespassing allegations dropped by prosecutors.
Jerry Troy Eastmond-Williams was alleged to have possessed an offensive weapon in public, in the fo...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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Teenager Sherwin Hall thanked God yesterday after a jury found him not guilty of stabbing a 17-year-old with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Kyle Fraser suffered life-threatening injuries including numerous wounds to his chest and abdomen.
He w...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
