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An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed. A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...

A man who claimed to be escaping muggers when he was caught drink driving while banned from the roads was fined $4,000 and disqualified for a further two years last week. Quadir Maynard, 27, told Magistrates’ Court that he was “fighting for” his life...

A woman was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday (THURS) after she admitted driving while double the legal alcohol limit. Kristine Marshall, 45, was also fined $1,000 after she pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court. The incident took place on...

Government will not comment on a pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired until an investigation has been completed. A Ministry of Transport spokeswoman said inquiries surrounding Ascot Lightbourne and his pilotin...

Tougher laws to cut down on drink boating should be introduced, the head of the island’s water safety watchdog said yesterday. Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council and a Progressive Labour Party MP, said that regulations on the wat...

A man was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined after he admitted a drink driving car crash. Magistrates’ Court heard that Daniel Baker’s car crashed into a wall and police attended. Officers found a car with “extensive damage” and a demolish...

A man who collided head-on with another motorist was fined $1,000 and banned from the roads for 18 months after he admitted drinking and driving. Magistrates’ Court heard that police were called to the scene of a two-car collision at Southside Road i...

A truck driver was yesterday banned from the roads until 2024 after he admitted hitting a motorcyclist and breaking his wrist. Steven Ming, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing grievous bodily harm to Marquel Tankard through drink driv...

A truck driver who admitted drink driving without a helmet was shown mercy yesterday when the magistrate fined him half of the usual tariff for the offence. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe fined Vernon Eve $500 during Magistrates’ Court, but banned the...

A man caught at a roadside breath test checkpoint driving while almost twice the legal alcohol limit was fined $1,000 and banned from the roads yesterday. Michael Russell, 61, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to drink driving. The court heard tha...

A man who admitted drink driving when he almost hit a police car was sent to Driving Under the Influence Court yesterday after he said he had been drinking because of family problems. Otis Johnson, 43, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Co...

A man who drove a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been suspended pending an investigation, the Ministry of Transport announced. A transport ministry spokesman confirmed that Ascot Lightbourne, 60, had been “relieved of his duties...