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A fraud trial was delayed again yesterday following more difficulties selecting a jury.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons adjourned the case, in which Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows are accused of defrauding Government of more than $553,000 b...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A couple accused of a fraud totalling more than $553,000 against Government saw their trial delayed after the court ran out of potential jurors yesterday.
Kyril Burrows, a former Works and Engineering employee, and his wife Delcina Bean-Burrows are t...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Chief Justice Richard Ground is considering a landmark ruling on whether drunk drivers should get a 12-month ban if it means losing their job.
The top judge said a policy decision, which carries “enormous ramifications”, must be made by the Director ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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A trash collector who slapped a foul-mouthed schoolgirl after she insulted his job and his mother lost an appeal against a $2,000 fine.
Chief Justice Richard Ground said former Corporation of Hamilton worker Michael Pond “should have been able to tak...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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A 22-year-old was fined $2,150 and banned from driving for a year after she pleaded guilty to a string of traffic offences.
Taliya Outerbridge crashed her motorcycle while impaired in a single-vehicle accident on November 20.
Appearing in Magistrates...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man stole a woman’s laptop computer after binging on alcohol and cocaine.
Ernest Smith, of Harbour Road, said he regretted the theft almost immediately, and had a member of the public call the police.
The 35-year-old pleaded guilty in Magis...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of importing more than $250,000 worth of cannabis was found with a receipt linking her to a suspect in “a major conspiracy to import drugs”, it was alleged in court.
The trial of Isarell Wolfe has previously heard she was arrested at ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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A 54-year-old was yesterday accused of stealing more than $10,000 of jewellery from Hamilton stores.
Coolridge Eve pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court, to two counts of theft and a count of attempting to steal.
He is charged with stealing a gold...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Convicted gunman Noet Barnett was left devastated as a young boy when his father, Stanley Barnett, was killed in a street fight. He was later failed by the education system, according to child welfare campaigner Sheelagh Cooper. This is the heartfelt...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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A man who sexually abused a young boy and hoarded almost 3,500 child pornography images has been jailed for ten years.
Dennis Eldridge, 47, was caught out when the victim, who became physically sick with stress, told his parents of the abuse.
The chi...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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