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A BRISTOL City Council parking machine repairman has appeared in court charged with stealing more than £70,000 from meters. Arthur Blay, 48, is accused of 24 counts of theft while working on repairing and maintaining parking machines for the authority. He is alleged to have carried out the thefts between January 2003 and October 2008 on meters across Bristol.  

This interview had to be conducted in a strategic manner. Here was Olisa Agbakoba, former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, who had been quiet for a while; but again, here was a landmark case in court and on which, perhaps, Nigeria's democracy would have been built or destroyed. So, getting the views of an Agbakoba became imperative.  

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday granted permission to former cabinet minister Basil Mramba to visit his Rombo constituency in Kilimanjaro Region from December 1 to 12. Defence lawyer Karoli Tarimo requested the court to give permission to his client because he had work to do in Rombo District. The prosecution said the case had come up to hear the first accused's (Mramba) request to be given back his title deeds after bail conditions were reduced.  

The jury in the case of suspended Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter began deliberations about 4:30 p.m. and ended for the day five hours later. Deliberations are expected to resume Monday morning. Carpenter is accused of taking items related to pregnancy and the surrogacy from the home and scheming with the police chief of a neighboring town to sell them to celebrity photographers.

abuses his authority ... and tries to blame it all on being a joke   -Emily Laube

 

A Reading jury consultant said Friday that months of preparation, including a mock trial, led to a $4 million trial victory for a former Berks County car dealer who sued the financing arm of General Motors Corp. "No big company can come into our county and shut down an established institution," consultant Robin L. Wertz said. "This verdict should send a message to any other corporations who are trying to shut down businesses. This is like a bully trying to take away your lunch money." Donald M. Mente,

I have not heard of a situation where the dealer has come back and sued GMAC   -Jim Gillette

 

A LIBERAL Democrat councillor's intention to act as a witness for a former city council employee taking the authority to a tribunal has been criticised by Labour opponents. Councillor Ruth Skelton was due to be a witness for Shaun Osborn, a former head of public buildings and housing, who was taking the council to tribunal for unfair dismissal. Mr Osborn had been dismissed from the authority but was then reinstated by an appeals panel which included Ms Skelton.

What action do you intend to take as the councillor has undermined the integrity of the appeals process by sitting on a panel when she had views that would undermine it?   -Hilary Jones

 

MATT Neale will have to wait for a more comprehensive answer to the question he put to Gordon Brown. He was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the Latvian capital Riga in June, along with David Birkinshaw. Despite no evidence being heard at an extradition hearing in London, a judge agreed both men should stand trial in the Baltic state.  

A jury has been sent home for the weekend in the case of a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend's former partner 11 times during a knife attack at his Lincoln home. Craig Smith, 27, denied he was the intruder who knifed Mr Dawidowski, 53, at his bungalow in Saxon Street, off Rasen Lane, – insisting he was at his mother's home at the time of the stabbing. A jury at Lincoln Crown Court failed to reach a verdict in the case on Friday and will continues its deliberations on Monday.  

Given 50 seconds to talk about 50 years of friendship, Bill Snively kept his words short and to the point. Judge Robert Coplan, who died Nov. 9 after a battle with cancer, "was a good judge and a good man," Snively said at his longtime friend's funeral. "That sort of encapsulates him."

I loved being in his courtroom   -Karissa Swanson