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Court: 38-Year-Old Man Admits Defacing Jail Cell
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 11], a 38-year-old man was ordered to attend the Mental Health Court after he admitted defacing a jail cell at Hamilton Police Station. Mr Denton Santucci pleaded not guilty to being drunk and incapable in a public place on 9th October 2015, however admitted damaging the floor and walls of a police... Read more of this article
Court: 61-Year-Old Charged With Causing GBH
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 8], a 61-year-old man was remanded in custody after being charged with causing grievous bodily harm to RoseAnn Edwards. Mr Otis Walter Bell was charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Ms Edwards by unlawfully wounding her. This was alleged to have occurred in January 2015. As the matter will be... Read more of this article
Court: Man Denies Threatening Words & Assault
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 6], a 34-year-old man denied using threatening words as well as assault. Jevon Daniels denied using threatening words in Sandys parish in January 2016 by allegedly telling another man: “I’m tired of you and your sister. I’m going to put gunshots through your window.” He also denied assaulting... Read more of this article
Court: 38-Year-Old Denies Sex Assault Charge
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 6], a 38-year-old man denied sexually assaulting a woman in Pembroke on 4th December 2015. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo set a mention date of 28th January and set bail in the amount of $5,000 and ordered that the man, who cannot be legally named at this stage of the proceedings, have no contact with the... Read more of this article
Court: 52-Year-Old Admits Using Offensive Words
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 5], 52-year-old Jean Paul Rouget plead guilty to using offensive words to a Traffic Warden on 27th November last year. The Crown Prosecutor told Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo that the Traffic Warden had seen Mr Rouget parking a cycle on a double yellow line and had advised him not to. When she spoke to Mr... Read more of this article
17-Year-Old Denies Violently Resisting Arrest
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Jan 4], 17-year-old Stanwon Swan denied charges relating to an incident on January 1st 2016. Mr Swan pleaded not guilty to driving dangerously, driving whilst disqualified by reason of age, refusing to stop for police, and violently resisting arrest. Mr Swan, who had a bandaid type covering on part of his... Read more of this article
Crown File Appeal In Kiahna Trott-Edwards Case
Following the sentence handed down to mother of three Kiahna Trott-Edwards, the Crown has filed an appeal saying that they feel the sentence is “manifestly inadequate.” Ms Trott-Edwards was jailed for life for murdering 16-year-old Shijuan Mungal, with the Court ordering she must serve a minimum of eight years before she could be considered... Read more of this article
Court: 29-Yr-Old Woman Denies Assault Charges
Appearing in Magistrates Court before Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, 29-year-old Nora King plead not guilty to unlawfully assaulting another woman, in St George’s in December and causing her bodily harm. Ms King also plead not guilty to unlawfully wounding a man, in St George’s, also in December. Magistrate Tokunbo set trial for March 2016 and granted... Read more of this article
Court: 20-Year-Old Denies Stolen Goods Charge
20-year-old Sanchea Douglas elected to be tried in Magistrate’s Court and then plead not guilty, to handling stolen goods, an iPhone alleged to be valued at $1,500, in Pembroke on Tuesday 22nd December 2015. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo set trial for February 2016, and granted bail at $2,000 but with a Surety. Related Stories Man Jailed For 12 Years... Read more of this article
Court: 47-Year-Old Denies Assaulting Student
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Dec 23] before Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, a 47-year-old woman denied assaulting a high school student. Ms Wendy Woodley pleaded not guilty to the charge that on 7th December 2015, in an Increased Penalty Zone, the Berkeley Institute, she assaulted a young female student. Ms Woodley elected to be tried in... Read more of this article
Court: 22-Year-Old Man Denies Trespass, Theft
Appearing in Magistrates Court, 22-year-old Lequan Outerbridge elected to be tried in Magistrate’s Court and then plead not guilty to a charge alleging he had trespassed in a house in Devonshire in December and stolen $3,500 in cash and just over $15,000 worth of items in the form of watches, rings, necklaces, and an iPhone. The charge was that... Read more of this article
Court: Two Teenagers Appear On Assault Charge
Two teenagers appeared in Magistrates Court following an assault on a 15-year-old boy at the Bus Terminal, with one receiving a Conditional Discharge while the other was referred to the Mental Health Court. Adonis Robinson, 17, and Tarik Ebbin, 18, re-appeared before Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo on a charge of assaulting the 15- year-old boy at the... Read more of this article
