The prosecutor at St John’s Magistrates’ Court is to consult with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the way forward with two of the three fraud charges against immigration officer Kady Gardner.

A resident of a home for the elderly has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison after police arrested and charged him with serious indecency of an 82-year-old woman who also lives at the same place.

For the first time in years police have arrested and charged someone for attempting to possess cannabis.

Acting senior magistrate Keith Thom yesterday remanded a man and his 25-year-old and 13-year-old sons to Her Majesty’s Prison after they pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct by fighting in an incident where the trio beat the siblings’ stepfather.

Scores of people yesterday turned up at the St John’s Magistrates’ Court to get a glimpse of murder accused Nickayal “Dollarman” Blaize, who made his first appearance there.

“Let him explore how he’d get it,” was the advice Magistrate Keith Thom gave to attorney John Fuller yesterday when the lawyer questioned how his client Andy Daniel would come up with the $15,000 cash requisite he had to pay as part of his $30,000 bail for causing the death of Glenford Martin by dangerous driving.

The recent departure of former Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters has impacted the criminal 14-month-old case involving calypsonian Leston “Young Destroyer” Jacobs and his co-accused Ceylon Howe and Charlesworth Ambrose.

The search is on for a new chief magistrate as former Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters has vacated his office, leaving behind piles of unsigned court documents and unfinished cases.