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In a case that stands to set a new precedent for young offenders, a teen who pleaded guilty to robbery has successfully appealed his sentence on constitutional grounds.
Jahrico Tucker is to be released from the Co-Ed facility, after lawyer Larry Muss...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 26-year-old man charged with possessing a firearm and four bullets appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Rickai Dickinson, of Clarence Street, St George’s, is accused of possessing a semi-automatic pistol and four 0.45 ACP hollow point cartrid...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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Accused robber Leo Burgess was freed from custody yesterday after he was cleared of charges of aggravated burglary and possessing a firearm.
The 17-year-old was found not guilty by a majority verdict of nine to three on both charges.
He had been accu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Corporation of Hamilton trash truck worker who slapped a 16-year-old girl for poking fun at his job was fined $2,000 in Magistrates’ Court.
Michael Pond, 43, said he hit the girl “in the heat of the moment” because he felt she had disrespected him....
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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The trial of a 17-year-old charged with aggravated burglary continued yesterday with the Crown and defence putting forward closing statements.
While Crown counsel Nicole Smith emphasised the DNA evidence which linked defendant Leo Burgess to the scen...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 20-year-old man who got caught twice driving while disqualified and giving police false statements narrowly escaped jail time yesterday.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told Marcus Weeks, of St John’s Road, Pembroke: “Young man you better stop ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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A 58-year-old man who admitted stealing food from two local grocers after falling on hard times was sentenced to six months behind bars.
Winton Edwards, of Warwick Lane, Warwick, yesterday pleaded guilty to two instances of theft and possession of d...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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A 23-year-old man admitted prowling outside a woman’s house, intruding on her privacy and stalking her after she refused to give over her telephone number.
Magistrates’ Court heard Jay Cody Steede, of Farmstead Lane, Somerset, approached Zolita Dill...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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A 52-year-old homeless man was scolded yesterday in Magistrates’ Court after being caught having sex in Par-la-Ville Park.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told Willis Ebbin, who pleaded guilty to indecent exposure: “That park isn’t there for you ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Convicted killer David Jahwell Cox will spend at least 38 years behind bars for the gun murder of Raymond Troy (Yankee) Rawlins.
Cox was whisked away by armed police from the Supreme Court, moments after his life sentence was delivered by Puisne Judg...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
