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First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Man gets sentence reduced to 4 years

BANDAR SERI BEGAWANA CONVICTED burglar sentenced to over six years in prison caught a lucky break when the Court of Appeal reduced his jail time to four years saying the sentence by the subordinate courts was "excessive".Doni Hardi Hj Maidin, 29, was ... [Published Brunei Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Court of Appeal, prison, Burglary, Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Court of Appeal calls for end to 'intermittent trials'

THE Court of Appeal has called for an end to the practice of "intermittent trials" in the subordinate courts saying they were prone to a "serious risk" of miscarriage of justice.While hearing an appeal on bail revocation of two suspected burglars on Thursday, ... [Published Brunei Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Court of Appeal, Witness, Miscarriage, Permitting

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Man Fails In Bid To Overturn Death Sentence

New Sabah TimesHits: 8Kota Kinabalu: The Court of Appeal has affirmed the death sentence of a man who was convicted for the murder of his niece more than six years ago.A three-member bench comprising Court of Appeal judges Datuk Ramly Haji Ali, Dato' ... [Published BruDirect - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Court of Appeal, Tawau, Kota Kinabalu

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 reports

Court Reduces Imprisonment Sentences For Thief

Bandar Seri Begawan - Imprisonment sentences passed in the Magistrate and Intermediate Courts on the same defendant was reduced after the Court of Appeal viewed it to be excessive in its totality principle.The defendant Doni Hardi bin Haji Maidin was ... [Published BruDirect - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Steven Chong, Court of Appeal, John Barry, Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

Syringe Stabber Loses Appeal

A St. John's man, convicted of stabbing his ex-girlfriend with a contaminated syringe, has lost his case at the Court of Appeal. 32-year-old Darrell Benjamin Phelan was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 30 months in jail last year. A Supreme ... [Published VOCM - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Court of Appeal, Aggravated Assault, Conviction, Supreme Court

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Appeal To Dismiss High Court Decision Thrown Out

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Court of Appeal this month dismissed an appeal made against cost simpliciter where under Section 20 of the Supreme Courts Act, the Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction.Regina Chong Ming' Choo who trades under the name and style ... [Published BruDirect - May 18 2013]

Entities: Court of Appeal, Steven Chong, Borneo

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

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UPDATED: Supreme Court upholds mother's acquittal in Prince Albert Walmart baby case

The Supreme Court of Canada decided to uphold the acquittal of a mother who left her newborn child in a Prince Albert Walmart washroom in 2007, dismissing a Crown appeal.In a five-to-two vote, the Supreme Court agreed with the reasons for the acquittal ... [Published News Talk 650 CKOM - May 17 2013]

Entities: Acquittal, Prince Albert of Monaco, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Supreme Court

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Thief who fell off getaway van loses bid for damages from DRIVER'S insurers

Hie had stolen a set of ladders and was holding on to the back of the Ford Transit but fell and suffered a head injuryA thief badly hurt when he fell from a getaway van today failed in a second bid to claim damages from the driver's insurers.David Joyce's ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Court of Appeal, High Court Judge, Accomplice, judges

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Gold Coast sex worker loses case ... again

A MORANBAH motel has won an appeal against a Gold Coast sex worker's previous win in a discrimination case after she was told she no longer could carry out prostitution on the premises.Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has hailed the Court of Appeal decision ... [Published The Sydney News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Gold Coast, Sex, Jarrod Bleijie

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Drug boss Tony Mokbel loses Vic appeal

DrDrug lord Tony Mokbel has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence after Victoria's highest court found his abhorrent, greed-driven crimes warranted a punishment that could see him die in jail.Mokbel appealed against his conviction for drug ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tony Mokbel, Extradition, Drugs, Conviction, Greece

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Court rules no discrimination in prostitute's motel ban

The Court of Appeal has ruled the owners of a central Queensland motel did not discriminate against a sex worker who was banned from the premises.... ... [Published News.net - May 17 2013]

Entities: Court of Appeal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

No Jail Term But 100 Hours Of Community Service For Woman

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Court of Appeal recently struck out an imprisonment sentence imposed on a person, who forged official documents and got loans for six people, and replacing them with probation order and community service after taking into account ... [Published BruDirect - May 17 2013]

Entities: Community Service, Court of Appeal, Appellant, Steven Chong

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"Sentencing piecemeal by more than judge is obviously undesirable and can lead to injustice. It may not be possible to pass sentences which fairly take into account the whole criminality of a series" said the Court of Appeal in a written judgment. The Brunei Times

Man gets sentence reduced to 4 years [Published Brunei Times - 6 hours ago]

"Witnesses may have forgotten some relevant facts which they once recalled... Some relevant witnesses may have died or disappeared. The difficulty for the judge, at the end of such a trial, of remembering all of the evidence which she has heard and her assessment of its credibility and probative value is enormous."

Court of Appeal calls for end to 'intermittent trials' [Published Brunei Times - 6 hours ago]

"I joined this fight as a friend of the court because I support business owners' ability to decide about what does or does not occur on their premises."

No room at inn for CQ sex worker [Published Whitsunday Times - 8 hours ago]

...In his opinion, "the arrested activists of the movement 'Nida' are being prosecuted for their active participation in the protest actions and criticism of authorities in the social network 'Facebook'."

In Azerbaijan, Court leaves Uzeir Mamedli, activist of "Nida", in custody [Published Caucasian Knot - 9 hours ago]

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