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A recovering drug addict was given a conditional discharge after he was found with a metal spoon and a syringe.
Damion Smith, 40, of Bulkhead Drive, Warwick, pleaded guilty to a single count of possessing drug equipment.
According to Crown counsel Ni...
DATE: Mar 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s man described by prosecutors as a gang associate was jailed for ten years on gun charges.
Rickai Dickinson, who admitted handling a firearm when he did not have a licence to do so, must serve at least half the sentence before he becomes...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian man was yesterday convicted of money laundering in St Vincent in a case involving a record $1.7 million in dirty cash.
Winston Robinson, from Sandys, was arrested four years ago on the Caribbean island after police found him and the money...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Three former crew members of the casino ship Niobe Corinthian will receive more than $40,000 in unpaid wages following the sale of the ship at auction.
The men, from Honduras, brought a civil case against the vessel’s owners Estrellas Management Ltd ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The former manager of a civil servant accused of defrauding Government told a jury yesterday he had “no recollection” of permitting two TV sets at the centre of the case to be taken to the civil servant’s home.
Kyril Burrows, who worked as a building...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Court
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Gunman Derek Spalding has been jailed for at least 38 years for murdering footballer Shaki Crockwell over a drug debt.
Locking him up, Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said: “This was a murder, a premeditated murder, carried out by a very manipulative, ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Sandys man who shattered a gas station door after he was refused service, was fined $500.
George Mouchette, from Rushdie Lane, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing wilful damage in excess of $60 in the January 24 incident.
Crown counsel ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who dishonestly took $21,500 from her mother’s bank account was spared jail after Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner heard about her mental health difficulties.
Helene Sutcliffe, 57, of St George’s, felt she was owed emotionally and financial...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A 27-year-old St George’s man has admitted handling a firearm without lawful authority.
Rickai Dickinson, of Duke of Clarence Street, pleaded guilty to handling a 45 calibre European American Armory Corporation pistol on May 5 2011.
He denied possess...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A woman was jailed for ten days after admitting slapping a police officer in the face when he tried to search her bag.
Tenora Steede, 22, told Magistrates’ Court she was angry that the officer questioned her in a bathroom at the St George’s Club on F...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
