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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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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
A Warwick man caught with less than a gram of cannabis in his pocket was fined $2,500 in Magistrates’ Court.
Duane Hurdle, 40, of Marl Lane, was searched by police at St David’s Cricket Club after he drew the attention of a sniffer dog.
Officers foun...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Sandys teenager was accused of stealing nearly $10,000 worth of goods from Southampton homes.
Tahva Virgil, 17, denied two counts of burgling a Turtle Place residence on December 2.
He was said to have taken liquor, jewellery and electronics includ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A prison inmate who threatened to kill corrections officers was given an extra six months on his sentence just ten days before he was due to be released from Westgate.
Desmond Richardson, 22, apologised for the incident yesterday in Magistrates’ Cour...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The trial of a teenager charged with repeatedly stabbing 17-year-old Kyle Fraser continued yesterday, with both sides making their closing speeches.
Crown counsel Susan Mulligan told the court that Sherwin Hall, 19, stabbed Mr Fraser multiple times a...
DATE: Dec 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of attempted murder declined to take the stand in his own defence, but his lawyer called a DNA expert to cast doubt on the case against him.
Noet Barnett, 25, is accused of shooting Jeremiah Dill, 28, in Pembroke last October in what po...
DATE: Dec 08, 2011
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