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Child tells court how she was assaulted by neighbour
Article by June 4, 2021
A minor has told a judge and jury that it took several years before she was able to tell someone that she had been indecently assaulted by a male neighbour.
The girl, now in her teens, was “seven or eight” years old at the time of the alleged incident. St Lucy resident Walter Vernon Boucher is accused of committing the act sometime between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016.
The 69-year-old accused is now on trial before a nine-member jury, presided over by Justice Randall Worrell.
When the child took the witness stand she told the No. 2 Supreme Court that she and her brother were in the habit of going over to Boucher’s house as his wife used to babysit them.
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Judge says fine must convey seriousness of gun offence
Article by April 27, 2021
The folly of stashing a high-calibre pistol and ammunition for a “friend” will cost a Christ Church man $35 000.
Quincy Charles Atherley from Cane Vale has 12 months to pay the High Court $25 000 for possession of a M10 Ingram 9mm pistol without a valid licence on August 22, 2013.
If he fails to pay the amount in the stipulated time he will spend three years and 349 days in prison.
A further $10 000 payable in six months or the same amount of time in prison was imposed for possession of 13 rounds of ammunition.
Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell imposed the sentence on Atherley in the No.4 Supreme Court . He was represented by attorneys Arthur Holder, Maria Arthur, Einsley Granger and Rhea Layne.
Each of the three judges gave a differing opinion but, in the end, two of them agreed to dismiss an appeal brought by the Crown against a magistrate’s decision in a rape matter involving two men. It was in the appeal brought by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against a ruling by Magistrate Elwood Watts who was then presiding at the Oistins Magistrates’ Court. Stephen Alexander …