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A convicted murderer was found with cannabis in his prison cell, Magistrates’ Court heard.
Kevin Warner, 21, who is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Dekimo Martin, admitted possession of cannabis and of cannabis resin in the increa...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager charged with using a firearm to steal cash and jewellery told police that he was at home with his mother on the day of the robbery.
Leo Burgess, 17, also told police that latex gloves and a red bandanna, matching the description of items f...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A social worker found guilty of dishonesty has been given an absolute discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Kennette Robinson, a former acting director at the Department of Child and Family Services, was found guilty in May of dishonestly obtaining a Peop...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A father-of-two has described having a gun held to his chest during a daylight robbery in his Southampton home.
Gregory Wilson, a former jeweller, told Supreme Court that he was home alone when he heard people talking inside his house last December 6...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 30-year-old Warwick man who assaulted a woman at the Southampton Rangers Sports Club has been granted a conditional discharge.
Stephen Astwood has been held in custody since pleading guilty to intruding on the privacy of a woman, and assault occasi...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community activist Carlton Simmons has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on charges of obstructing police.
Mr Simmons denied wilfully obstructing Acting Sergeant Sonson on June 17, as well as publicly using offensive words.
He was arrested after the inc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 21-year-old who threatened a taxi driver by gesturing in a shooting motion with his hands was fined $1,500 in Magistrates’ Court.
Umdae Woolridge, of Miss Vickey Lane, in St George’s, admitted to using threatening behaviour towards taxi driver Ric...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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A 47-year-old man was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court after throwing a bag of potatoes at his wife “in the heat-of-the-moment”.
Guilbert Araujo, from Sandys, pleaded guilty to assault.
He and his wife, Maria, had been married fo...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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Court
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Two men were found not guilty of attempted murder yesterday after the victim refused to attend court and another witness said he could not recall the incident.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered the seven man, five woman jury to find Jah’mico Trot...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A married father-of-three has been sentenced to five years in jail for a “sophisticated scheme” that saw him rope a customs officer in to a plot to import drugs.
Shannon Berkley, 42, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to the offence on March 30, 2011.
He w...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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