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BBC News
7 days ago
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Teenager appears in court charged with murder of 14-year-old boy
A 14-year old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of another teenager on the Isle of McBurnie, 14, died following an incident in the Close Drean area of Ramsey on Thursday teenager, who cannot be named due to his age, appeared at Douglas Courthouse via live link. He has been remanded in custody and will next appear in court next on Wednesday. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Inmate used garden work to smuggle drugs into prison
An inmate who had been given special privileges to work in the garden at the entrance of the Isle of Man Prison smuggled drugs and two SIM Cards into the jail. Scott Carbutt, 42, was randomly searched as he returned to the facility in Jurby on 8 May and officers found a jumper scrunched in the corner of his holding cell containing MDMA, cocaine and ketamine. Deemster Graeme Cook said it was an "abuse of trust" and he sentenced Carbutt to an additional five years and four months. Carbutt had been serving a seven-year sentence which was handed down to him in April 2023 for possession of heroin, money laundering, possession of an offensive weapon and wounding with intent. Douglas Courthouse heard that the jumper had concealed 26g of MDMA, 3g of cocaine and 14g of ketamine. When the 42-year-old was asked what it was, he said it was cocaine, ketamine and MDMA, which "all belongs to me", and added: "I'm looking at ten years or more for this." Carbutt pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of MDMA, cocaine and ketamine and possession of a prohibited articles in an institution. His defence advocate said Carbutt had been addicted to drugs for a "significant period of time" and when he "came across" them in the garden he "lapsed" and had used some of the drugs himself before going back into the prison. Sentencing him, Deemster Cook said: "There must have been some planning involved and it seems you knew what you were looking for by your response to prison officers." Aggravating factors included that the offences took place in a custodial environment, which could cause harm to prison officers and other inmates, and it was an "abuse of trust" given to him, he said. "I am afraid you will be in prison for quite a few more years." Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X. Man told postal staff drugs cash parcel was Lego Isle of Man Courts of Justice
Yahoo
25-04-2025
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Man who raped 15-year-old girl jailed
A man who raped a 15-year-old girl before telling her it would not "end well" if she told anyone about it has been jailed for nine years. Christopher Smith, 41, threatened the girl three times after the attack, which took place in July. Douglas Courthouse heard Smith had claimed he and the girl had been in a relationship. Deemster Graeme Cook said he had taken away the teenager's innocence in the attack. The court heard Smith assaulted the victim after drinking gin and beer on 23 July 2024. He told the girl three times following the events that it "wasn't going to end well" if she told anyone what he had done. The girl went on tell family members in September and Smith was arrested but answered "no comment" when interviewed by police. He later pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one count of assault by penetration. In a victim impact statement read to the court, the girl said she had suffered flashbacks of the events, in which she relived the assault "over and over again". Jailing him, Deemster Cook said there had been an element of "victim-blaming" by Smith when he had claimed he was in a relationship with the girl. The threats he had made towards her, and the 25-year age gap between them, had been aggravating factors in the case, he added. The deemster placed Smith on the Sex Offenders Register for life, and made him subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which places restrictions on his contact with anyone under the age of 18. He was also placed on extended licence for 10 years following his release. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X. Isle of Man Courts of Justice
BBC News
24-02-2025
- BBC News
Driver jailed for death of man who fell off bonnet on Isle of Man
A man who accelerated before braking sharply while a 29-year-old man was on his car bonnet causing him fatal injuries has been jailed for six Paul, 35, was found guilty after a trial of causing death by dangerous driving of Jordan Thomas who came off the front of his black BMW on 25 February Thomas had climbed onto the car and punched the windscreen when Paul accelerated to more than 30mph (48km/h) on Harbour Road in Onchan before Graeme Cook said no sentence passed could "ever value Jordan Thomas's life" or diminish his family's "profound loss or anguish". Douglas Courthouse previously heard that Paul had been out for a drive with his flatmate when Mr Thomas got onto the bonnet of his car when he was making his way along Harbour 29-year-old had climbed onto the bonnet and pulled at the windscreen wipers, breaking one off, before punching the glass court was told Paul initially reversed the vehicle before stopping, accelerating forward and braking sharply, which "propelled" Mr Thomas off the died nine days later in Aintree Hospital in Cook told the court Paul "must have foreseen" that Mr Thomas would be injured when he drove in the way that he did, and while he found the speed was not a causative factor to the death it had been interviewed by police and giving evidence the trial, Paul said he thought the car was in reverse when it launched forward. But the deemster said he rejected that, and accelerating up through three gear changes in the automatic car over a distance of up to 60m (197ft) with Mr Thomas on the bonnet and then braking sharply was "clearly dangerous"."This was in my view of the evidence a most obvious case of dangerous driving causing the tragic death of Jordan Thomas," he Deemster Cook found that Mr Thomas's own actions had contributed "significantly to his death", as "had he not got onto the bonnet, the tragedy would not have occurred".In a victim impact statement read to the court the 29-year-old's mother Savina Thomas said her son had a "fascinating brain", a "superb personality" and liked to help others. Grief had "struck down a whole family that Jordan was the main character in", which she said matched the size of his "massive heart that touched so many"."Our boy has gone forever, no more dreams or grandchildren," she has been disqualified from driving for eight years, and will have to take an extended driving test before he can drive again after his release. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Death by dangerous driving accused 'panicked'
A man accused of causing the death of a 29-year-old man through dangerous driving "completely panicked" when he punched his windscreen, a court has heard. Jackson Paul, 35, denies the causing the death by dangerous driving of Jordan Thomas, who came off the bonnet of his black BMW on 25 February last year. Douglas Courthouse heard Mr Paul had gone for an evening drive with his flatmate around Douglas and Onchan prior to encountering Mr Thomas on Harbour Road. Mr Paul said he had intended to reverse after Mr Thomas jumped onto the front of his car and started punching the windscreen but the car had "shot forward". Mr Thomas died nine days later at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool of head injuries. Giving evidence Mr Paul said after turning onto Harbour Road, he had seen Mr Thomas, who he did not know, standing on the side of the road looking towards the car. He said he thought Mr Thomas wanted to cross the road so stopped and gestured for him to cross, but when the 29-year-old stayed where he was, he started to drive again. He told the court it was at that point that Mr Thomas ran towards his car and "threw himself" onto the bonnet, pulling at the windscreen wipers before breaking one off. Mr Paul said that he had "tried to reverse to get out of the situation, but I couldn't so I stopped". Mr Paul told the court he had honked his horn a number of times, which was when Mr Thomas "got more aggressive", jumped with his feet on the bonnet and punched the windscreen. "I completely panicked I started thinking if he is going to get in he is going to get me," he told the court. Mr Paul said after two punches he had pressed the pedal harder than he ordinarily would, thinking the vehicle was in reverse but it had "shot forward". "It was a mistake, it wasn't planned, it wasn't intentional," he told the court. He said he was trying to change the gear on his automatic car but realised he would have to stop to do it so "hit the brake" and that was when Mr Thomas came off the car. Prosecutor Roger Kane asked whether he accepted reversing, stopping, accelerating and braking a vehicle while a man was on the bonnet was dangerous, to which he replied: "In an ordinary situation, yes." In a witness statement read to court, passenger Nail Jones said that Mr Thomas "looked intense and threatening" as he got onto the car bonnet. As he started punching the windscreen "I went from surprised, to shocked, to terrified", he said. Mr Jones said he had felt the car accelerate, and had said "slow, slow, slow", as he saw the man was not balanced and remained upright kneeling on the car bonnet. Mr Thomas "didn't seem to have any concern for his safety", he added. The trial is set to continue at Douglas Courthouse on Friday. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X. Isle of Man Courts of Justice
