Man fined $70,000 for slashing tyres of driver who failed to pay him over crash

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Man fined $70,000 for slashing tyres of driver who failed to pay him over crash

A man was fined $70,000 or 30 month's imprisonment in the St Catherine Parish Court today for slashing the tyres of a man who reneged on an agreement to pay him following an accident. Michael Mitchell, who pleaded guilty to malicious...

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