Daily Archives: Sep 27, 2018
Making loitering a criminal offence is not the answer
Criminalising students, who are caught loitering in St. John’s after school hours, and holding their parents accountable, will not adequately address the age-old problem.
Sex crime case dismissed because police erred
The overzealousness of the police to prosecute a man for allegedly having sex with a minor led to the matter being discontinued in the High Court because the girl was actually over the age of consent.
Police destroy seized drugs
Police destroyed $2.25 million in illegal cannabis and cocaine yesterday that were either seized in several drug raids or from recently concluded cases in the Magistrates’ Courts.