Topic: Department of Public Prosecutions

A 60-year-old caregiver accused of stealing the life savings of her elderly client more than a decade ago has been extradited from the Cayman Islands to Hawaii to face trial for the crime.

A judge has called for more careful use of electronic tags for criminal defendants after a hit-and-run driver had his jail sentence cut because he had spent nearly 20 months on bail under an electronically monitored curfew.

A video purporting to show a man’s alleged indecent conduct with a child has not yet been received by the defendant’s attorney, Magistrate Philippa McFarlane was advised on Wednesday.