Archive for May 6th, 2016
Man injured by driver in single car smash
(CNS): Police are investigating the circumstances of what appears to be a deliberate collision by a driver with a man he knew. The crash happened just before 11pm last night on Shedden Road near Dr Roy’s Drive. The 47-year-old driver has been arrested on suspicion of a list of road related offences, including dangerous driving, […]
Mother gets 28 years for child murder
(CNS): In the first sentence handed down for murder following the abolition of mandatory life-sentences without parole, a Grand Court judge has handed a 28 year minimum term to Tamara Butler, who killed her 6-year-old daughter Bethany in October 2014. Despite the recommendations in the new Conditional Release Law stipulating a 30 year tariff for […]
Violent assaults at Wet Fete
(CNS): Police say that two men were injured in separate incidents at the Wet Fete party last Friday, 29 April, and that one of the victims suffered a fractured jaw. The RCIPS reported that officers responded at around 12:30am to a 911 dispatch to the location on the waterfront in George Town, at the old […]
ICTA gets tough on licensees
(CNS): For the first time since the regulator was established, the Information and Communications Authority (ICTA) has issued a fine to one of its licensees for breaching the rules regarding 911 outages. Cable and Wireless paid a $75,000 fine for failing to notify ICTA of an outage on its service that impacted access to 911. […]
