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44 Year Old Charged With Wounding With Intent

44 Year Old Charged With Wounding With Intent

Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 10], Dennis Maynard was charged with illegally wounding another man with the intent to do grievous bodily harm. This was alleged to have happened in Warwick on 11th October 2013, and alleged to have involved a stabbing. As the charges can only be heard in the Supreme Court, the defendant did not have... Read more of this article

Man Charged With Intruding On Teen’s Privacy

Man Charged With Intruding On Teen’s Privacy

A 41 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 10] charged with intruding on the privacy of a fourteen year old female. The defendant — who cannot be legally named at this stage — appeared in Court with his left arm heavily bandaged and using crutches to move along. After electing to be tried in Magistrate’s Court,... Read more of this article

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Handling A Bullet

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Handling A Bullet

A 25-year-old man pleaded not guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 7] to unlawfully handing a bullet. Princeton Hunt denied unlawfully handling ammunition — one 7.62mm bullet — on a date unknown between 7th July 2010 and 21st August 2013. He also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of possessing, in August 2013, just over 33... Read more of this article

Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Charges

Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Charges

A 31-year-old woman elected to be tried in Magistrates Court when she appeared this morning [Feb 7] on a variety of drug charges. Marketa Raynor pleaded not guilty to six charges involving the importation and possession with intent to supply of 91.6 grams of cocaine freebase; 10.58 grams of 60% cocaine hydrochloride; and 98.37 grams of cannabis. The... Read more of this article

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Methadone Theft

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Methadone Theft

Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 6], a 38-year-old man denied charges of stealing methadone. Paul Mario Sutcliffe, also know as Paul Mario Smith, appeared before Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, and pleaded not guilty to stealing 50 milliliters of methadone from another man on January 25, 2014. He  will stand trial on April 25, 2014,... Read more of this article

Woman Charged With Stealing Over $50,000

Woman Charged With Stealing Over $50,000

A 45 year old woman was charged in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 4], with seven counts of stealing just over $50,000 in credit balances from HSBC/Bermuda. The seven charges spanned the period November 2008 to September 2012 with amounts ranging between $900 and $34,400. Traci Ball pleaded not guilty to all seven. Her trial was set for May and... Read more of this article

Four Murder & Gun Defendants Appear In Court

Four Murder & Gun Defendants Appear In Court

Four defendants — three charged with murder — appeared in the Supreme Court Montly Arraignment Session this morning [Feb 3] via video-link with Westgate Correctional Facility. Wolde Gardner Wolde Gardner, 33, who is charged with murder of Malcolm Augustus, was given a trial date of 21st April 2014. Mr Augustus, 20, was shot and killed... Read more of this article

Alleged Sexual Exploiter Stays Silent In Court

Alleged Sexual Exploiter Stays Silent In Court

A 39 year old man charged with sexually exploiting a young person while he was in a position of trust refused to speak when appearing in the Supreme Court Monthly Arraignment Session this morning [Feb 3]. The man — who cannot be legally named at this stage — was charged with four counts of sexually exploiting a young person while he was... Read more of this article

Man Guilty Of Assault And Swearing At Police

Man Guilty Of Assault And Swearing At Police

Ashlee Clay, 28, pleaded guilty in Plea Court today [Jan 31] to using offensive words to police, assaulting a police constable, causing $545 damage to a policeman’s spectacles, and obstructing police. Clay also admitted to driving without a licence and was fined a total of $2,350 and also ordered to make immediate restitution of the $545. Read in... Read more of this article

Purse Snatcher Pleads Guilty To Stealing

Purse Snatcher Pleads Guilty To Stealing

In this morning’s [Jan 31] Plea Court, Troy Woods, the 42-year-old man who was run down and captured by police after he had snatched a woman’s purse from her shopping basket in the Hamilton Marketplace on Church Street, pleaded guilty to that stealing offence. Mr. Woods also pleaded guilty to doing the same thing to another shopper in the Marketplace... Read more of this article

Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Bottles Of Whiskey

Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Bottles Of Whiskey

Appearing in Magistrates Court on Thursday [Jan 30], Keivon Scott [31] pleaded guilty to stealing four bottles of whiskey from Lindos’s in Warwick on 20th January 2014. He acknowledged taking a bottle of Jonny Walker Red, Johnny Walker Black, Dewars, and Crown Royal with a total value of over $140. All of Scott’s actions were caught on the store’s... Read more of this article

Man Sentenced To 30 Days For Stealing Broccoli

Man Sentenced To 30 Days For Stealing Broccoli

Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 30] a 39 year old man was sentenced to 30 days in prison after admitting stealing almost 10lbs of broccoli from a farm in Southampton. Vernon Symonds thanked Senior Magistrate Archie Warner for sending him to jail, saying: “Thank you. I’m glad this happened. I asked you last week to send me to jail... Read more of this article