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A homeless man caught in a bid to break into a grocery store was this morning jailed for 90 days.
Stefen Durrant, 30, pleaded guilty and apologised to Magistrates’ Court.
He said: “I had been drinking a lot that day and I made some poor decisions.
“I...
DATE: Dec 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager responsible for “a tidal wave” of break-ins pleaded guilty to a string of offences yesterday.
The crime spree netted Elisha Thomas more than $22,000 of jewellery, cash and electronic equipment.
Thomas admitted charges in connection with si...
DATE: Dec 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman was jailed for 30 days after attacking someone who refused to give her money.
Trimiea Roland, 29, of no fixed abode, admitted violently resisting arrest, along with assaulting both police and a member of the public.
Magistrates’ Court heard t...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American educator is to be extradited to Bermuda to face sexual assault charges — more than ten years after his alleged offence against a teenage student at a local school.
The accused, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been ordered ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 32-year-old motorcyclist who hit a police officer on a busy pedestrianised lane was yesterday fined $2,750 and banned from the roads for a year.
Colvin Brown, from Hamilton Parish, told Magistrates’ Court that he had been punched in the face and wa...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A former receptionist at the Cambridge Beaches resort received a conditional discharge yesterday after she admitted stealing money from the hotel.
Magistrate’s Court heard that Lanell Burrows pleaded guilty at an earlier appearance to stealing $569 f...
DATE: Dec 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A terrified woman jumped 20ft off a cliff into the sea in darkness to escape from her estranged boyfriend because he was armed with a handgun.
The woman snatched the pistol out of Gavaska Lodge Bascome’s sweater pocket before leaping into the ocean o...
DATE: Dec 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Nearly $16,000 in fines were handed out to 20 motorists convicted of driving without due care and attention in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Most appearances at the packed court session were motorcyclists guilty of “third laning”, which is subject to...
DATE: Dec 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man caught with a loaded gun on his hip has been jailed for ten years.
Dion Cholmondeley, from St George’s, had been out drinking with friends when he was stopped by officers as he drove along St Mary’s Road in Warwick on the evening of August 16, ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Sandys man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a Cup Match fight.
Khalif Williams, 20, was one of several men charged in connection with the fight, which broke out at St George’s Cricket Club on the second day of Cup Match on August 4.
A...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes