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A truck driver was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined after he admitted being behind the wheel while more than three times the legal alcohol limit. Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday that Humberto Pacheco, 58, was stopped by police afte...

A group of five people caught out after the Covid-19 curfew Government curfew may have to wait eight weeks to be sentenced. Magistrates’ Court ordered social inquiry reports on the defendants, but heard some of the five spoke only Portuguese and woul...

A total of three people were yesterday fined for breaches of the Covid-19 curfew. Ian Hughes, 43, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to breaking the former midnight to 5am curfew. The court heard that police found Hughes, from Smith’s, at the corne...

A homeless man yesterday admitted a breach of curfew after he was arrested by police while out after hours. Magistrates Court heard Heman Viera, 53, was spotted walking near Cherry Hill Park, Paget at about 12.50am on March 14, while the former midni...

A motorcyclist could face almost $14,000 worth of fines for two breaches of the Covid-19 curfew and a string of traffic offences. Harrison Gibbons, 53, was fined $7,050 and banned from the roads for 18 months at Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded gu...

A former daycare worker was yesterday given a two-year conditional discharge after she admitted an assault on a five-year-old boy. Magistrates’ Court heard how the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was “petrified” after Lenai Caines...

A man yesterday denied a breach of the Covid-19 curfew and damaging an electronic tag. Eli Hill, 44, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the Government’s 8pm to 6am curfew and causing $150 worth of damage to the monitoring device....

A convicted sex offender was yesterday given court permission to apply for a judicial review of a deportation order. Brittonie Taylor, who served eight years for a serious sex assault, appeared in the Supreme Court to fight an order to send him back ...

A defence lawyer yesterday called for leniency for people charged with Covid-19 curfew breaches after a designated driver was fined $1,500 for being out after the deadline. Elizabeth Christopher told Magistrates’ Court that many cases of curfew breac...

A driver whose car hit a tree before flipping over was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday after admitting to drink driving. Patrick Abuyulan, 35, pleaded guilty to the offence during a virtual Magistrates’ Court hearing. The court heard th...

A man who admitted handling stolen goods from a clothes shop theft was yesterday released from prison after he was sentenced to time already served in custody. Jahroy Simons, 35, was also ordered to pay $350 in restitution to Darren Booth, the owner ...

Court services are to be reduced in the wake of the increase in Covid-19 cases. Magistrates’ Court and the Supreme Court will continue to operate, but with limited access to the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building in Hamilton. But Alexandra Wheatley, the...