Owain Johnston-Barnes

A woman who contacted two jurors in the middle of her aunt's Supreme Court trial was sentenced to seven months behind bars, The Royal Gazette can report. Donté Allen, 33, pleaded guilty earlier in Magistrates' Court to charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with messages she sent on February 5, 2026 to two jurors in the trial of Desiree O'Connor that was under way that month.

A woman accused of having a firearm and cocaine was cleared of all charges this afternoon by a Supreme Court jury. After four hours of deliberation, the jury found Desiree O'Connor not guilty of possessing a handgun, eight rounds of ammunition and cocaine freebase by a unanimous verdict. While the court heard the items were discovered inside her Warwick home in September 2014, Ms O'Connor maintained that she had no knowledge of them or how they came to be at the property.

A woman accused of having a firearm and cocaine was cleared of all charges this afternoon by a Supreme Court jury. After four hours of deliberation, the jury found Desiree O'Connor not guilty of possessing a handgun, eight rounds of ammunition and cocaine freebase by a unanimous verdict. While the court heard the items were discovered inside her Warwick home in September 2014, Ms O'Connor maintained that she had no knowledge of them or how they came to be at the property.