Courts
Jackson denies killing former prison officer
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (23) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of former prison officer Harry Elliott (63) at an illegal gambling den in George Town on Monday, 25 April. However, appearing in Grand Court on Friday, Jackson did admit to possession of an unlawful gun that police seized from a car he was […]
GT man gets three years for ‘fleeting’ assault on child
(CNS): DeAnthony Russell (24) from George Town was jailed for three years on Thursday for his conviction by a jury in November last year on one count of indecent assault, which had taken place one year earlier. The local man was found guilty of exposing his penis and rubbing it against the bottom of an […]
Crown seeks internet ban in child pornography case
(CNS): A former employee at the UCCI who was convicted in December of accessing and possessing pornographic images of children is in HMP Northward awaiting sentence while a judge considers the length of time he should serve behind bars and how to ban him from using the internet when he is released.
Mendoza ordered to jail for blocking Adams’ access
(CNS) UPDATED: The latest courtroom episode in the long-running land dispute between the family of former minister Mike Adam and their neighbours, Wilson and Deaven Mendoza, ended Tuesday with a judge sending Wilson Mendoza to jail for a week. But a number of conflicting legal issues meant he did not serve the time as the […]
GT man charged with assault and robbery
(CNS): A 21-year-old man from George Town has been charged with assault and robbery in connection with a violent incident that took place outside the Power Bar at the Marquee Plaza on Lawrence Boulevard, George Town, back in February. The man was remanded in custody when he appeared in court Friday and is due to […]
Man admits having gun at George Town bar
(CNS): Patrick Derval Williams (26), who was arrested in March during a police raid close to Archie’s Bar in George Town, off Shedden Road, has admitted having an unlicensed loaded revolver. When he appeared in Grand Court Friday, Williams pleaded guilty to having both the gun and ammunition and is now facing at least seven […]
Powery’s case for brutal attack on mother rolls on
(CNS): Well over three years after Jeffrey William Powery (37) brutally attacked his mother in her home, leaving her for dead, he has still not been sentenced due to delays in his mental health evaluations. Powery, who pleaded guilty to wounding with intent for the violent assault in December 2018, remains on remand at HMP Northward, […]
Police officer still not fired after sex assault conviction
(CNS): Antonio O’Neal Marshal (43), a serving police officer with the Firearms Response Unit, has not been fired by the RCIPS following his conviction on Tuesday for indecent assault and remains on full pay. A jury found both Marshal and his partner, Ericka McFarlane Lynch, who is also a public servant, guilty of indecent assault […]
Convicted cocaine dealer fights deportation
(CNS): A Colombian man who was convicted of drug smuggling in 2019 and given a four-year jail term made a successful step in preventing his deportation when the Grand Court ruled that the Immigration Appeals Tribunal should re-hear his case. Alan Lawrems Taylor Dominguez (49) was jailed for his central part in a 2017 conspiracy […]
Serial child abuser jailed for over 8 years
(CNS): A 57-year-old man who was convicted of abusing at least six children for a period of several years, one of whom was only five years old when he indecently assaulted her, was jailed Thursday for eight and a half years. Neville Lloyd Passard was convicted last October on eleven counts of defilement and indecent […]
Driver denies culpability for killing pedestrian
(CNS): Terry Hodgson (46) has pleaded not guilty to charges of causing the death, while uninsured, of Peter Andrew Wright (32) after he ran him down in the early morning hours of 26 November 2020. Hodgson denied the charges when he appeared in court Friday and was bailed until his trial by jury in September.
