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A lawyer who has denied a string of assault charges is to face trial this month after a series of delays. Chavelle Dillon, the alleged victim, who appeared in Magistrates’ Court last week on a court order, was ordered to attend the trial of Kamal Wor...

If you want a capsule — a vision, really — of the cosmic incoherence of the American gun movement, the appearance last month of an 11-year-old girl before the Idaho state legislature is tough to beat. Bailey Nielsen accompanied her grandfather, Charl...

A 27-year-old man will spend ten years behind bars for sexual offences against a ten-year-old schoolgirl. William Smith was found guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge, attempted unlawful carnal knowledge and two counts of sexual exploitation of a you...

A life’s work behind the scenes with the troubled and marginalised was recognised at a ceremony yesterday. Pastor Leroy Bean, the island’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator, was presented with a community impact award by Trevor Lindsay of TNN News...

A 54-year-old man pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting a girl aged under 14 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe released the defendant, from Warwick, on $5,000 bail and adjourned the case until March 30. ...

Police received reports of gunshots last night but found no evidence that a firearm was discharged. The reports were made in the Jones Village area of Warwick at about 10.30pm. Officers conducted extensive door-to-door enquiries in the surrounding ar...

Police have arrested a fifth man in connection with a daylight robbery of a gold dealer. A police spokesman said officers arrested a 34-year-old man on Friday. He added that the man was later released on bail pending further inquiries. The spokesman ...

People who have lost loved ones to gun violence vowed to unite the community to restore peace. Dozens of people took part in a peace walk through neighbourhoods hurt by gun troubles on Saturday — and announced this was just the start of their efforts...

Work is ongoing to reduce the risk of online attacks, the Minister of National Security told MPs. Wayne Caines delivered a ministerial statement in the House of Assembly last Friday, when he said that the island needed to develop its protection again...

People with evidence over historic land grabs have been invited to make submissions to a Commission of Inquiry. The inquiry, to be headed by retired Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, will investigate property thefts at a series of public hearings to be...

A 19-year-old man denied a sex assault on a woman yesterday. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe on Wednesday adjourned the case until March 16 and released the defendant, from Pembroke, on $5,000 bail. Mr Wolffe ordered him to have no contact with the all...

Cannabis use, cultivation and sale will be legalised if legislation tabled in May is passed, the Attorney-General said yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate that the consumption of cannabis at home or in licensed premises would be permitted, ...