Welfare workers save the day for young phone thief
ONE TEENAGER was saved by the bell last Friday as the court debated whether prison or school was the place to send him this week. Douglas Bap...
27 April 2018
Welfare workers save the day for young phone thief
ONE TEENAGER was saved by the bell last Friday as the court debated whether prison or school was the place to send him this week. Douglas Bap...
24 April 2018
Man fined for wounding, threatening police officer
THE BOND BETWEEN two childhood friends withered last Sunday, after one smashed a flower pot on the head of the other. Kwesi Gurley appeared b...
20 April 2018
Man caught trying to smuggle drugs in Pine Hill juice boxes
“NEVER HEARD of the sniffer dogs them?” one defendant was asked after he was nabbed for weed in Pine Hill juice boxes at the Wharf. Zwenf...
Man faces 90 charges of fraud
THE CORPORAL IN charge of investigating over 90 charges of fraud, has been lauded by the prosecution as having done a ‘tremendous’ job. T...
Fitz-Hughes man gets for nine months jail time for using counterfeit cash
ONE MAN LEARNT of the very real consequences of using fake money to buy alcohol and cigarettes, as he was sentenced to spend nine months in pr...
29 March 2018
Man sentenced to total of 114 years in prison
After almost seven years on remand at Her Majestyâs Prison (HMP), a man accused of murdering two persons and attempting to murder several others,...
23 March 2018
Georgetown man gets eight months for theft
A 38-year-old man, with 33 previous convictions â three for burglary, was sent toâprison for eight months by magistrate Bertie Pompey at the...
Chief Magistrate chides crown follow-up procedure
The Chief Magistrate has expressed her displeasure at adjournments for cases because of procedural oversights, asking that the crown âfollow upâ...
Man beats mother in front of daughter
A man who beat the mother of his daughter with a stick has been fined, ordered to pay compensation and placed on bond.Etian John of Greiggs appeared b...
Three-year jail term for gun and ammunition
The keen eye of one police officer, which picked out a suspicious man and a suspicious bulge, has resulted in a conviction for an illegal gun and ammu...
