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A police officer charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a motorcyclist by driving without due care and attention after his car and a bike crashed appeared at Supreme Court yesterday.
Joel Cassidy told the court that he saw a motorbike hit the p...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A footballer was fined $1,000 and banned from the roads for 18 months after he refused to take a breath test.
Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that Jahkai Hill, 28, was stopped in his car at a roadside breath test checkpoint on January 1.
The court...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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Three men were each fined $1,000 and banned from the roads for 18 months last week after being caught at roadside breath test checkpoints.
Magistrates’ Court heard that all three failed handheld breathalyser tests.
Two failed later tests at Hamilton ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2019
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A motorcyclist caught drink-driving with no helmet and two passengers on his bike was fined $2,700 and banned from the roads.
Ezra Ararat, 33, was spotted on Front Street by police Magistrates’ Court heard. He pulled over and his passengers ran off.
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DATE: Feb 11, 2019
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An American university rugby player’s death in Bermuda last year was the result of an accident or misadventure, a coroner’s inquest ruled yesterday.
Coroner Maxanne Anderson extended her “sincere condolences” to the family, friends and team-mates of...
DATE: Feb 08, 2019
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A man convicted of the rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl more than 30 years ago was warned by a judge last night that he faced “a significant period of imprisonment”.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves added: “I think he should prepare himself for that.”
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DATE: Feb 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of the rape of a 15-year-old girl 30 years ago claimed yesterday the teenager seduced him.
The defendant, who was 23 years old at the time, told the Supreme Court that he had sex with the girl three times while she was underage.
He clai...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A government minister rejected advice from civil servants to block all-terrain vehicle tours on the Railway Trail, a court heard.
The Supreme Court heard yesterday in a civil case that Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, overru...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Court
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Two men denied an assault on a neighbour in an argument about a dog.
Meshack Crichton, 20, and Kevin Davis, 57, from Warwick, both pleaded not guilty on Monday to causing grievous bodily harm to Edward DeSilva-Ottley on Random Lane on Thursday.
Prose...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who claimed she was raped 30 years ago denied yesterday ever having “consensual” sex with her alleged attacker.
Kamal Worrell, for the defence, suggested that she had sex with his client on at least three occasions, twice in her family home a...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes