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The trial of magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, who has denied a charge that he refused a breath test, was adjourned yesterday until after the weekend. Magistrates’ Court earlier heard that the 64-year-old was arrested after police were called to a crash ne...

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told a policeman he was not driving a car that crashed over an embankment, a court heard yesterday. Yet, the officer believed the veteran former prosecutor had been at the wheel and arrested him on suspicion of impaired dri...

A charity that supports and empowers women has seen demand soar in recent months, its executive director revealed. Elaine Butterfield said that a combination of factors including a more central location has led to a spike in service provision at the ...

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said he was not comfortable being prosecuted by his friend and former boss, a court heard yesterday. Mr Tokunbo has denied a charge that he refused a breath test on January 19. Yesterday his lawyer, Charles Richardson, argu...

A teenager was stabbed after a group of men got into a fight this evening. The victim, 17, was taken to hospital with two stab wounds that are not believed to be life-threatening after the incident in Cricket Lane, near Somerset Cricket Club, at abou...

A senior denied allegations that he sexually touched a young boy more than 40 years ago. The 84-year-old defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was accused of indecently assaulting a child, unlawfully causing the child to commit an in...

St David’s residents were left stunned yesterday after a well-known figure who slept in an area of farmland off Cashew City Road was wounded in a shooting on Thursday night. One area resident told The Royal Gazette: “He is very well liked in St David...

A man will appear in front of the Supreme Court after he was accused of trespassing into someone’s home and attacking them with a machete. Keith Smith, 51, was charged on Wednesday with entering the home of Mitchell Watson and causing bodily harm wit...

A Pembroke man who stabbed a neighbour in the shoulder during a row about a noisy kite will be sentenced this afternoon in the Supreme Court. Kevin Mello, 38, pleaded guilty earlier this year to wounding Joshua Madeiros on December 18, 2018, stabbing...

A Bermudian woman has been jailed for four years in Britain after attempting to smuggle cocaine through Gatwick. Shaketa Raynor, 44, was caught with more than 4kg of the drug in her luggage after a flight from Costa Rica on June 23, according to the ...

A man held behind bars for more than 2½ years on cannabis charges has been set free after the Supreme Court ruled that his constitutional rights had been breached. Assistant Justice Delroy Duncan ordered the retrial of Dennis Robinson be stayed after...

A 28-year-old man has denied groping a woman and exposing himself to her. But he admitted to the thefts of three bottles of wine on a later date. The man, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty yesterday to two charges of sex assault when he appeared in...