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Defendants in Magistrates’ Court will have to smarten up their act after a style guide was issued by the island’s senior magistrate. Juan Wolffe said he was forced to issue a dress code for court after a drop-off in standards. Out go clothes that are...

A 24-year-old man has been charged with possession of more than $290,000 of drugs with intent to supply. It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday that Luri Scott had cannabis, cannabis resin and tetrahydrocannabinol — the active ingredient in c...

A taxi driver punched a minibus operator in the face in a row about passengers at a South Shore beach. Aaron Scott, 34, admitted in Magistrates’ Court yesterday that he hit Larry Franklin, 67, because he thought he had tried to poach prospective pass...

A man who stole two motorcycles and took a helmet and clothing from a third has been sent to drug treatment court. Tarik Ebbin, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of taking a vehicle without consent and several counts of theft related to incidents betw...

A man who admitted three offences related to drink-driving offences was told he was the embodiment of the reason for the introduction of roadside breath tests. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Fabio Barbosa on Monday: “You are the personification o...

Court reports were ordered on a 21-year-old who admitted stealing his grandmother’s phone after an argument. Talibah Santaly, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to the theft, but said he did not remember what he did with the phone. Magistrates’ Court heard...

A lawyer was discharged from Magistrates’ Court yesterday after assault allegations against him were withdrawn. Magistrate Juan Wolffe heard that the alleged victim, Chavelle Dillon, had withdrawn all six accusations against Kamal Worrell, 38. Carrin...

A 31-year-old man admitted yesterday he refused to take a breath test after he was found lying in the road near a crashed bike. Magistrates’ Court heard that Darrin Deshield, of Warwick, was found by a passer-by on January 4 on South Road in Devonshi...

A 69-year-old man denied child-pornography charges in Supreme Court yesterday. The man, from Pembroke, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, faced two charges of accessing hundreds of videos and photographs. It is alleged the man used a peer-to...

A 39-year-old woman was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday after she admitted a New Year’s Day drink-driving charge. Magistrates’ Court heard that Dawn Trott, from Paget, was found to be almost double the legal alcohol limit. Trott was s...