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A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months. Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...

The blockbuster Supreme Court term that just ended was a (nearly) unmitigated disaster for movement conservatives. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to overturn precedent on abortion rights. Conservative activist Justice Neil Gorsuch showed he woul...

Supreme Court trials may not restart until next year because of a lack of court space, a judge warned yesterday. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said that there might be legal consequences because of the delays, particularly in cases where defendan...

A man has been charged in connection with the death of a footballer more than 18 months ago. It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Taaj Muhammad, from St George’s, unlawfully killed Ronniko Burchall on December 30, 2018, The 25-year-old was also...

A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer. The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...

The sentencing of a man who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been pushed back until Wednesday. Chez Rogers, 20, was originally scheduled to be sentenced last Friday for charges of unlawful carnal knowledge and luring. The offences took...

A 2½-year prison sentence imposed on a disgraced police officer who dumped traffic tickets for cash has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Kyle Wheatley, who had served in the Court Liaison Unit, was jailed last year after he pleaded guilty to defea...

A lawyer told the Supreme Court that “young women” seduced older men for “sport” as he argued for a lighter sentence for a client who had sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Charles Richardson was speaking yesterday after Chez Rogers, 20, earlier plea...

A half-brother and sister convicted of the “chilling and merciless” murder of the woman’s ex-boyfriend were jailed for life in the Supreme Court yesterday. Katrina Burgess, 49, and Cleveland Rogers, 53, will have to serve at least 25 years behind ba...

A man was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with making a series of “menacing” demands for money from a woman. Jahmeco Blakeney, 40, was accused of making unlawful demands for money from Paulette Godfrey on June 2 and demands with menace on Jun...

A woman was given a suspended sentence of 12 months yesterday after she admitted threats to murder a lawyer. The Supreme Court heard that Loreesa Burchall, 30, threatened to shoot Kamal Worrell and slash his throat in a series of messages sent betwee...

A sex offender was sentenced to 45 days behind bars after he admitted a breach of probation Junius Caines, 50, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge that he used cocaine and cannabis between March 10 and March 19 in violation of his supervi...