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A man found guilty of a historic sex assault on a schoolgirl has appealed to the Supreme Court to quash the conviction. Jamel Simons, 38, was convicted of a sex offence against a girl, who was 15 at the time, in Magistrates’ Court in March – 19 years...

A Pembroke man has admitted causing the death of a man by driving while impaired. Ishmael Lightbourne, 41, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Supreme Court to causing the death of Shannon-Hugh Davis, 39, by driving on North Shore Road while over the leg...

A trained actor traded the stage for the real-life drama of the courtroom, a Call to the Bar has heard. Izabella Arnold, whose first degree was in theatre and dance, was welcomed to the legal profession at an online sitting of the Supreme Court on Mo...

Police failed to carry out a proper investigation in the case of a truck driver accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist while drink driving, a lawyer said yesterday. Richard Horseman, counsel for Charles Johnson, who was cleared last week in t...

A senior accused of causing the death of a motorcycle rider while drink-driving has had his name cleared in the Supreme Court. Charles Johnson, 65, of St George’s, had the charge against him dismissed in a brief appearance on Friday before Puisne Jud...

Three men charged in connection with two separate murders appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Shae-Unni Smith and Ricardo Tucker Jr, both 18, were charged with the murder of Duane Gibbons. Mr Gibbons, 57, was found unconscious with a stab wound...

A gym that went out of business owed a former staff member more than $15,000 in redundancy payments, the Supreme Court has ruled. Cassandra Simmons had argued in an Employment Tribunal last year that the Athletic Club had made her redundant in Novemb...

The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard. Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...

A limousine driver banned from the road for dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash has had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court. Pillion Webb argued that the evidence against him should not have been relied upon, but Puisne Judge Sh...

Information on Covid-19 cases behind bars will not be released after several Westgate inmates missed court appearances because they were in quarantine, the Government said yesterday. The news came after the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that two def...

A civil servant rejected for the job of Director of Parks despite being strongly recommended for the post has asked the Supreme Court for compensation. Terry Lynn Thompson said she was “universally recommended” for the post in 2018 after she had serv...

An alleged killer shot and killed 30-year-old Ronniko Burchall as he left a Christmas party, the Supreme Court heard. Shauntae Simons-Fox, for the Crown, told the court that Mr Burchall had just left St David’s Cricket Club at about 1.30am on Decembe...