Award-winning UK crime writer Lynda La Plante faces driving ban over three speeding offences in 5 months

Portland motorist fined $50,000 after pleading guilty to bribery offence

PORTLAND, Jamaica — A Portland motorist, Alty Walters, was on Tuesday fined 50,000 after pleading guilty to offering a 5,000 bribe to a police officer on May 22, 2026.The bribe was offered whilst he was being charged for a traffic offence on West Street in Port Antonio.Walters appeared before Portland’s Senior Judge Her Honour Jacqueline Willcott on Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty. The 5,000 bill was presented in court as an exhibit.Willcott condemned the behaviour and told the accused that what went in his favour is that “he pleaded guilty and didn’t waste the court’s time”.He was charged under the Corruption Prevention Act under Section 14 (2) and fined the sum of 50,000 or 20 days' hard labour, if not paid.He paid the fine.— Everard Owen

Taylor Swift defeats Florida poet’s plagiarism lawsuit

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the newly married pop megastar Taylor Swift of ​plagiarizing phrases from a Florida woman’s poems for more ‌than a dozen songs. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said the plaintiff Kimberly Marasco failed to show that her poems constituted protectable expression, or ​that Swift had seen the []...Click to read more

Supreme Court awards woman nearly $158K after finding 199-day Immigration detention unlawful and degrading

NASSAU, BAHAMAS: The Supreme Court has awarded a Jamaican woman a total of 157,940 in damages and costs following an assessment of damages arising from her claim of unlawful arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery after she was detained by immigration authorities for 199 days back in 2021. The ruling, delivered by Assistant Registrar (Acting) []

Poet's copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift tossed again

A federal judge in Florida dismissed with prejudice a copyright lawsuit brought against Taylor Swift by self-published poet Kimberly Marasco, ruling (not for the first time!) that the material Marasco claimed Swift stole is not protected by copyright at all. Marasco alleged that more than a dozen songs from Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department lifted from poems she wrote between 2017 and 2021. — Read the rest The post Poet's copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift tossed again appeared first on Boing Boing.

General : Road Transport (Amendment) Bill Introduces Specific Offence For Illegal Racing

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- The Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2025 introduces a specific offence for illegal racing and speed trials on public roads, with repeat offenders facing up to five years' imprisonment.